Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 13, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Fayetteville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -94.170
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 13, 1997
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $41,000
- 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.
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4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 13, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 11 mi E of Fayetteville
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -93.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- June 13, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Lavaca
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- June 13, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, 6 mi N of Green Forest
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -93.450
Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the early morning of June 13th and produced damaging winds. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a small chicken house, caused structural damage to a house, totaled a car, tore down a cattle fence, and uprooted numerous large trees 11 miles east of Fayetteville. Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto a car in Fayetteville, and a large tree was blown down across State Highway 103 6 miles north of Green Forest. A large tree was blown down onto a fence in Lavaca by thunderstorm winds which gusted to 60 miles an hour.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 13, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 13 to 15, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, June 13 to 14, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 13, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, June 13, 1997
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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: 5620169, 5620172, 5620170, 5620171.