Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- July 29, 4:50 AM CST to 4:55 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, West Memphis
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -90.180
Several trees were knocked down.
Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 29, 1998
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Crittenden
- When
- July 29, 4:50 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, Marion
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Three homes and one business caught on fire due to lightning strikes.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Utah, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 29 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 1998
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: 5662189, 5662190.