Arkansas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 28, 2001

June 28, 2001 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
230 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2001

THE UPPER LOW AT 500MB WAS LOCATED OVER S CNTRL MO. THIS SYSTEM WILL
DRIFT TOWARDS SW MO THRU 12Z SAT AND WEAKEN...THEN TO WRN AR BY 12Z
MON AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE. EXPECT SCT PM TSTMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS...BUT THE CHC OF SVR WX WILL DECREASE AS TEMPS ALOFT CONTINUE
TO WARM AND WINDS ALOFT DECREASE.

A BERMUDA HIGH WILL EXTEND INTO THE FCST AREA FROM THE EAST FROM
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SCT PM TSTMS FROM
HIGHER DEWPOINTS COMBINED WITH DIURNAL HEATING. THE NEXT COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE FCST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT WEAKEN AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING.

MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT AND MOS GUIDANCE WITHIN RANGE.

PRELIM VALUES
MEM 70/85/71/87 3433
MKL 65/85/67/87 3433
JBR 67/85/69/87 3433
TUP 67/85/69/87 3433

.MEG...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi

When
June 28, 6:50 PM CST to 6:55 PM CST
Where
Mississippi County, Manila
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.883, -90.167

A few trees were knocked down.

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

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: 5250916.