Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 11, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Van Buren
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -94.350
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 11, 1999
Summary of events for May 11 1999:A slow-moving cold front was located in a north-south fashion across eastern Oklahoma on the evening of May 11. Numerous severe thunderstorms formed in eastern Oklahoma that evening.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $100
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Summary of events for May 11 1999:A slow-moving cold front was located in a north-south fashion across eastern Oklahoma on the evening of May 11. Numerous severe thunderstorms formed in eastern Oklahoma that evening. While most of the storms were confined to eastern Oklahoma, one thunderstorm moved eastward through the Arkansas River valley and into western Arkansas. This storm mainly produced marginally severe winds late in the evening.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- May 11, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Lavaca
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -94.180
A large tree was uprooted in Lavaca.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 11, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 11 to 12, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 11 to 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 11, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, May 11 to 12, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Kansas, May 11, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 11, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 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: 5701171, 5701172.