Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- April 23, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Siloam Spgs
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.183, -94.533
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 23, 2001
2 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- 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 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 22, 10:55 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 10:55 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1155 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 UPDATED AGAIN TO CLEAR PORTION OF CWA FROM WATCH...ROUGHLY ZONES WEST OF A VINITA TO OKEMAH LINE. STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE EAST...LEAVING BEHIND SHALLOW SURFACE MOISTURE AS TRUE FRONT APPROACHES. WENT AHEAD AND LEFT LOW POPS IN ZONES CLEARED FROM WATCH JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GETS GOING ALONG FRONT. MADE MINOR TWEAKS TO WINDS AS WELL. FCSTID = 23 .TSA... AR...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY FOR ZONES ARZ001... ARZ010...ARZ019...ARZ029. OK...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053...OKZ058...OKZ063...OKZ068>076.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 7:41 PM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
841 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 2 SE AVANT OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/22/01 OSAGE SPOTTER REPORT
0730 PM 1 N SKIATOOK OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/22/01 TULSA SPOTTER REPORTLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:42 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
842 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 4 SW RAMONA OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/22/01 WASHINGTON SPOTTER REPORTLocal storm report, Apr 22, 10:30 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM 4 NNW GROVE OK WIND DAMAGE
04/22/01 DELAWARE POWER LINES DOWN
EMERGENCY MANAGERSpecial weather statement, Apr 22, 10:38 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OKZ049-053>058-060>062-064>076-ARZ001-010-019-029-230600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1138 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 175 CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 175 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... CRAIG...CREEK...MAYES...NOWATA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OSAGE... ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER...WASHINGTON TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 175 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... ADAIR...BENTON...CHEROKEE...CHOCTAW...CRAWFORD...DELAWARE... HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...OTTAWA... PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA...SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH...WASHINGTON AR
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:05 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- April 23, 4:42 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Greenwood
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -94.267
Thunderstorm winds blew down several signs.
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
- Tornado in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Tornado and High Wind in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 23, 2001
- Strong Wind in Iowa, April 23, 2001
- Flooding in Vermont, April 23 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2001
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: 5241512, 5241513.