Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 9, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, 1 mi N of Flippin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- INSURANCE COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 36.283, -92.600
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 9, 2001
Thunderstorm winds badly damaged a mobile home about 1 mile north of Flippin. The roof of the mobile home was torn off, several windows were blown out and some tie downs were ripped loose.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 LZK wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds badly damaged a mobile home about 1 mile north of Flippin. The roof of the mobile home was torn off, several windows were blown out and some tie downs were ripped loose.
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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 9, 10:00 AM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 10:00 AM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2001 AFTER REVIEW OF 10 AM OBSERVATIONS...RAISED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. REST OF PREVIOUS FORECAST ON TRACK. (22) .LIT...NONE.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:18 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 9, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, August 9, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 9, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 9, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 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: 5265896.