Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 28, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 28, 2001
Start: 2001-07-28T16:45
End: 2001-07-28T16:50
Location: Arkansas

July 28, 2001 · NWS TSA · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30,000
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 Jul 28, 1:06 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:06 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
206 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001

MAIN CHALLENGE THIS FORECAST WILL BE FIRST PERIOD POPS AS CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX DEVELOPS AND MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF AREA. 12Z AVN MODEL MAY
HAVE BEST DEPICTION OF QPF FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

APPEARS THAT BEST CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD RAINS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. CLUSTERS OF
STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME...AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY
ORGANIZE THIS EVENING AND MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST. WILL GO WITH HIGHEST
POPS IN THOSE ZONES NORTH AND EAST OF TULSA...WITH POPS TAPERING OFF
TO 20 IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MAY RAISE TONIGHTS POPS INTO LIKELY
CATEGORY IN SOME ZONES BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AT 4 PM ISSUANCE TIME.

AFTER COMPLEX OF STORMS DISSIPATES OR MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY
EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE PATTERN SHOULD RETURN TO HOT AND DRY
FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. UPPER RIDGING REDEVELOPS ACROSS
OKLAHOMA BEHIND TONIGHTS SHORTWAVE...AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD AGAIN
RISE TO NEAR THE CENTURY MARK IN WESTERN ZONES BEGINNING MONDAY.

WILL KEEP EXTENDED DRY WITH HOT AFTERNOONS. COULD BE SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE USUAL TERRAIN-FAVORED AREAS OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...BUT OTHERWISE EXPECT HOT/HUMID AFTERNOONS WITH LITTLE DAY
TO DAY TEMPERATURE CHANGE.

FCSTID = 9

FIRST PERIOD POPS SUBJECT TO CHANGE...

TUL   75  97  78  99 /  40  10  10  10
FSM   75  98  76  99 /  40  30  10  10
MLC   75  98  76  99 /  30  20  10  10
BVO   73  97  74  99 /  50  10  10  10
FYV   70  92  71  93 /  50  20  10  10
BYV   70  92  70  93 /  50  20  10  10
MIO   71  94  72  95 /  50  20  10  10
MKO   75  97  77  99 /  40  10  10  10
F10   75  97  77  99 /  40  10  10  10
HHW   75  96  76  98 /  20  30  10  10

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:32 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
532 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0325 PM    NOWATA                    OK    70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/28/01   NOWATA                          POWER LINES DOWNED.
                                           AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNA
                                           BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL
                                           TREES DOWNED.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 28, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Berryville
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.367, -93.567

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 28, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Green Forest
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.317, -93.450

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and power lines. A few of the trees landed on roofs of houses.

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, July 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: 5260590, 5260591.