Thunderstorm Wind, Ashley
- When
- June 21, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County, 3 mi W of Crossett
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.133, -92.017
Several large tree limbs were blown down in the town of Crossett.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 21, 2001
1 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
- $1,000
- 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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 AN ACTIVE WEATHER SITUATION IS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS APPROACHING NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE STORMS ARE FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT IS APPROACHING NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME (AROUND 1400L). A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA (NORTH OF A CROSSETT...ARKANSAS TO GREENWOOD TO COLUMBUS LINE) THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AS THE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OCCURS. THE SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THE POPS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR FRIDAY EVENING IN CASE SOME RAINFALL ACTIVITY LINGERS THERE AS PER NGM GUIDANCE. HOWEVER...ETA AND AVN GUIDANCE HAS THE DRY AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. THEN...THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD BE DRY AND LESS HUMID ON SATURDAY. FOR TEMPERATURES...THIS COLD FRONT WILL BRING IN UNSEASONABLY COOL AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT MORNING LOWS TO GET INTO THE LOWER 60S FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING AS FAR SOUTH AS NATCHEZ AND HATTIESBURG. A FEW LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS COULD EVEN SEE LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S ON SUNDAY MORNING. WILL STAY CLOSEST TO AVN'S SLIGHTLY WARMER NUMBERS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN THE EXTENDED... AFTER A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS (SUNDAY AND MONDAY) EXPECT THE LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH BY TUESDAY INTO MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL ADD CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL BUT MOST NORTHWESTERN ZONES FOR TUESDAY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN FOR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY WEDNESDAY FOR TYPICAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS. A RETROGRADING 500 MB TROUGH WILL HELP TO ADD TO THE GENERAL INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS PER MRF AND UKMET MODEL GUIDANCE. JAN 068/086 061/088 6200 MEI 069/086 060/087 63-0 .JAN... MS...NONyE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. 15
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 1:17 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
217 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 PM 3 S RALEIGH MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 SMITH DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED BY CD DIRECTORLocal storm report, Jun 21, 1:59 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
259 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0 245 PM 5 N BAY SPGS MS WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 JASPER C.D. REPORTED TREES
DOWN.Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:25 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM 5 E RALEIGH MS WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 SMITH C.D. REPORTED TREES
DOWN.Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:15 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
515 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 PM 15 NW MENDENHALL MS WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 SIMPSON C.D. REPORTED TREES
DOWN.
0210 PM RALEIGH MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 SMITH C.D. REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.
0245 PM 7 SSW PHILADELPHIA MS WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 NESHOBA C.D. REPORTED TREES
DOWN.
0245 PM PHILADELPHIA MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 NESHOBA C.D. REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:26 PM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM MONTICELLO LA WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 EASTCARROLL S.O. REPORTED TREES
DOWN.
0712 PM EPPS LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01 WESTCARROLL CROP DUSTER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0712 PM EPPS LA 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/01 WESTCARROLL CROPDUSTER REPORTED
WIND SPEEDS UP TO 70
(MPH)The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 187 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:52 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
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 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: 5250678.