Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- May 31, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Siloam Spgs
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -94.530
Tree limbs were blown down in Siloam Springs.
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 31, 1999
Summary of events for May 31 1999:A nocturnal bow-echo MCS moved southward across eastern Oklahoma and far western Arkansas early on the morning of May 31. These storms mainly produced marginally severe winds close to the Oklahoma border.
Where it happened
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- 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 31 1999:A nocturnal bow-echo MCS moved southward across eastern Oklahoma and far western Arkansas early on the morning of May 31. These storms mainly produced marginally severe winds close to the Oklahoma border. The storms weakened as they moved south of the Boston Mountains.
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, Washington
- When
- May 31, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 2 mi N of Odell
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -94.420
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 in Colorado, May 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, May 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, May 31, 1999
- Tornado in Michigan, May 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 31, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 31, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 31, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 31, 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: 5700546, 5700547.