High Wind, Randolph
- When
- December 30, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Arkansas, December 30, 1997
Strong winds in association with a cold front went through northeast Arkansas. The winds, between 40 and 45 mph, downed tree limbs in Randolph, Lawrence, Greene and Craighead counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Strong winds in association with a cold front went through northeast Arkansas. The winds, between 40 and 45 mph, downed tree limbs in Randolph, Lawrence, Greene and Craighead counties. Power lines were also knocked down in Craighead county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lawrence
- When
- December 30, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greene
- When
- December 30, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Craighead
- When
- December 30, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 30, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, December 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 30 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 30 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 30, 1997
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, December 30 to 31, 1997
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, December 30 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Kansas, December 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 30 to 31, 1997
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, December 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5625233, 5625234, 5625235, 5625236.