Arkansas, 2001Hail 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.
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- 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 REPORTLocal 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 REPORTLocal 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 DOWNLocal 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 MESONETLocal 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 MESONETThunderstorm 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
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 15, 20011 death · $500,000 · 65 kt wind · 23 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 15, 200110 injured · $1.0 million · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, April 15, 2001$4.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, April 15, 20011 injured · $2.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 15, 20019 injured · $125,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, April 15, 2001$1.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 15, 2001$2.0 million · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, April 15, 20011 injured · $175,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 15, 2001$157,000 · 0.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 15, 20011 injured · $100,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 15, 2001$130,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 15, 2001$100,000 · 0.75 in hail · 5 events
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.