High Wind, Craighead
- When
- November 2, 3:45 AM CST to 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Craighead forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Arkansas, November 2, 1999
High winds in excess of 40 mph knocked down some trees and power lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 MEG wrote it up.
High winds in excess of 40 mph knocked down some trees and power lines.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Crittenden
- When
- November 2, 3:45 AM CST to 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Phillips
- When
- November 2, 3:45 AM CST to 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Phillips forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.428, -90.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mississippi
- When
- November 2, 3:45 AM CST to 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.764, -90.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Poinsett
- When
- November 2, 3:45 AM CST to 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Poinsett forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.574, -90.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 1999
- Cold in Michigan, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alabama, November 2, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Georgia, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, November 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: 5720364, 5720365, 5720366, 5720367, 5720368.