Arkansas, 2001Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 26, 2001
July 26, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 9:45 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 9:45 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1045 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001
LOOKING FOR AN AFTERNOON SIMILAR TO THAT ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
BOUNDARIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST. CURRENT ZONES LOOK FAIRLY
REASONABLE...SO MAIN CHANGES WILL BE IN WORDING. HOWEVER...MAY
ADJUST A FEW POPS LOWER IN TEXAS ZONES...BUT WILL WAIT TO SEE
HOW CU FIELD DEVELOPS DURING NEXT HOUR.
.SHV...NONE.
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In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 9:30 AM CST, 2 hours before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-261630-
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE OVERALL AREA WEATHER PATTERN
ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ONLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN
NETWORKS...WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- July 26, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Umpire
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.267, -94.050
Roof was torn off a chicken house and a nearby out building. Damage to a chimney and roofing shingles on a residential dwelling.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 20011 death · 3 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$2.4 million · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 26 to 27, 2001$900,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 26 to 27, 2001$210,000 · 4 events
- Flood in North Dakota, July 26, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 26, 2001$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26 to 27, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2001$39,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 26, 20012.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
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: 5256688.