Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- February 24, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County, Chimes
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- INSURANCE COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -92.733
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 24, 2001
Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged a barn near Chimes.
Where it happened
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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 heavily damaged a barn near Chimes.
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 Feb 24, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 230 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 MODELS CONTINUE PUSHING THE COLD FRONT ACROSS ARKANSAS VERY QUICKLY TONIGHT. THIS WILL TRANSLATE TO LOW POPS ON THE WEST AND CHANCE POPS CENTRAL AND EAST SECTIONS EARLY TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BE CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST. BREEZE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR SUNDAY...BUT BREEZY WINDS WILL MAKE IT FEEL COOLER THAN THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS SUNDAY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S NORTH TO THE UPPER 60S SOUTH. PARTLY CLOUDY AND BACK IN THE 30S FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. INCREASING CLOUDS MONDAY. THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED STILL A GOOD BET FOR BEING WET. 32 .LIT...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 11:12 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1112 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...TORNADO WATCHES NO. 30 AND 31 ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND IT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WARMER AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS MOVED INTO ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS COULD EXCEED 80 MPH IN SOME CASES. KEEP ADVISED ON LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS TODAY AND CHECK YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PREPARATIONS. STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL LIKELY BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAYH. 32
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 11:22 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-040-041-052-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1122 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...TORNADO WATCHES NO. 30 AND 31 ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND IT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WARMER AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS MOVED INTO ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS COULD EXCEED 80 MPH IN SOME CASES. KEEP ADVISED ON LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS TODAY AND CHECK YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PREPARATIONS. STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WI-LL LIKELY BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAY. 32
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 1:25 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-250000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECT ENDING FOR NWR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 125 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A STRONG FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVED INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WARMER AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS MOVED INTO ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TORNADO WATCHES NO. 30 AND 31 ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 5 PM. MORE WATCHES ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS COULD EXCEED 80 MPH IN SOME CASES. KEEP ADVISED ON LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS THIS AFTERNOON AND CHECK YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PREPARATIONS. && 38
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 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
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- Lightning Strike in Illinois, February 24, 2001
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More
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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: 5233127.