High Wind, Faulkner
- When
- April 15, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Faulkner forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.147, -92.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Arkansas, April 15, 1999
Winds gusted to 40 mph at Conway and blew down the steel frame of a warehouse under construction at a table and chair plant. A quarter of the framing of an 800,000 square foot building had been erected before winds toppled the structure.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 LZK wrote it up.
Winds gusted to 40 mph at Conway and blew down the steel frame of a warehouse under construction at a table and chair plant. A quarter of the framing of an 800,000 square foot building had been erected before winds toppled the structure. Three people were injured in the area. A wind advisory had been in effect for the county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 15, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 1999
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: 5695909.