Arkansas, 2001

Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 15, 2001

April 15, 2001 · NWS TSA · 10 events in 7 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1.0 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 8:50 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 8:50 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE STORM COMPLEX GO?
ONE ISOLATED SUPERCELL HAS BEEN MOVING SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN KANSAS ALL EVENING...WHILE A CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS RECENTLY
DEVELOPED TO THE WEST OF THIS STORM.  IT STILL APPEARS THAT MOST OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAY BE SPARED...BUT AREAS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER
WILL PROBABLY FEEL THE HEAT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE 00Z MESOETA
KEEPS MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ALONG AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS BORDER
THROUGH 6Z AND THEN BACK BUILDS IT INTO A MORE WESTERLY LOW-LEVEL
JET ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS.  THIS SCENARIO IS IN LINE WITH 18Z RUN AND IN GENERAL
MAKES SENSE.  WILL THEREFORE INCREASE POPS TO CATEGORICAL IN THE
NORTHEAST ZONES AND TAPER THEM TO CHANCE NEAR THE RED RIVER. A FEW
SHOWERS REMAIN NEAR THE RED RIVER AT THIS TIME...BUT MOST OF
ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST OF THAT AREA.

UPDATED ZONES WILL BE SENT AROUND 10 PM SO THAT WATCH HEADLINES CAN
BE CHANGED APPROPRIATELY.  THE WATCH IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL
EXPIRE ANDl A NEW WATCH FOR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WILL BEGIN AT THAT TIME.

FCSTID = 19

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:35 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1035 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0748 PM    2 W ANTLERS               OK    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   PUSHMATAHA                      [ANTLERS PD]

0800 PM    HUGO                      OK    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   CHOCTA8W                         [HUGO PD]
Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:44 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1245AM CDT SUN APR 15 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

123w9 AM    1 N FAIRFAX               OK    .88 INCH HAIL
04/15/01   OSAGE                           SPOTTER REPORT
Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:26 AM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1241 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1239 AM    1 N FAIRFAX               OK    .88 INCH HAIL
04/15/01   OSAGE                           SPOTTER REPORT
Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:33 AM CST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
133 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0110 AM    MIAMI                     OK    WIND DAMAGE
04/15/01   OTTAWA                          2 ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND
                                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:34 AM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
134 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1255 AM    7 E CENTRALIA             OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/15/01   CRAIG                           OKLAHOMA MESONET
Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:40 AM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
140 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

g0105 AM    2 NE MIAMI                OK    68 MPH TSTM GUST
04/15/01   OTTAWA                          OKLAHOMA MESONET

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:49 UTC.

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When
April 15, 12:51 AM CST
Where
Benton County, Highfill
Measured
86 kt (99 mph)
Property damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
36.267, -94.350

99 mile an hour thunderstorm winds did serious damage to three hangars and a few planes at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When
April 15, 1:07 AM CST
Where
Washington County, Springdale
Property damage
$100
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.183, -94.133

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto Highway 412.

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When
April 15, 1:10 AM CST
Where
Benton County, Wareagle
Property damage
$100
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.267, -93.933

Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When
April 15, 1:10 AM CST
Where
Carroll County, 5 mi SW of Eureka Spgs
Property damage
$100
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.350, -93.800

Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree at Beaver Lake.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When
April 15, 1:30 AM CST
Where
Madison County, 7 mi N of Kingston
Property damage
$100
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.150, -93.517

Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When
April 15, 1:30 AM CST
Where
Carroll County, Berryville
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
36.367, -93.567

Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines which caused a power outage to 2000 Berryville area residents.

Hail, Madison

When
April 15, 2:00 AM CST
Where
Madison County, Pettigrew
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.817, -93.650

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
April 15, 2:35 AM CST
Where
Franklin County, 1 mi E of Ozark
Property damage
$100
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.500, -93.817

Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree limb.

Hail, Crawford

When
April 15, 2:46 AM CST
Where
Crawford County, 3 mi N of Mulberry
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.550, -94.050

Hail, Sebastian

When
April 15, 3:20 AM CST
Where
Sebastian County, Greenwood
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.217, -94.267

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.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5241404, 5241405, 5241406, 5241407, 5241408, 5241494, 5241409, 5241410, 5241411, 5241412.