Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 28, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Gurdon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.917, -93.150
Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines in Gurdon.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 28, 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
- 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 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 May 27, 12:30 PM CST, 11 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:30 PM CST, 11 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 130 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001 MCS COMPLEX COULD AFFECT AR LATER TONIGHT WITH NW FLOW AND GOOD PVA INDICATED ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME WEAK OUTFLOW FROM NE TX CONVECTION EARLIER MAY SET OFF CONVECTION CENTRAL AND SOUTH THIS EVE SO PUT CHC POPS THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO LIKELY LATER WITH MAIN SYSTEM. MOS POPS PROBABLY TOO LOW FOR MON AND TUE AS ATMOS STILL UNSTABLE ENUF ESPECIALLY ON TUE WITH GOOD PVA AGAIN MOVING ACRS STATE IN NW FLOW. SHUD BE SCT TSTMS THRU WED AS UPPER SYSTEM OVER IL BEGINS TO FINALLY MOVE EAST BY END OF WEEK. (ZIEGENBEIN - MY LAST AFD/ZONES - RETIRING AFT@ER 32 YEARS) .LIT...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 8:37 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM DAISY AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.Local storm report, May 27, 9:08 PM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1008 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0937 PM DAISY AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE EVENT DURATION 3
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0938 PM 5 S KIRBY AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE IN THE COWHIDE AREA.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
lLocal storm report, May 27, 9:29 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1029 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 PM 5 SSW KIRBY AR WIND DAMAGE
05/27/01 PIKE LARGE LIMBS DOWN AT
COWHIDE COVE ON LAKE
GREESON. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, May 27, 9:51 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1051 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM 5 SSW KIRBY AR FLOOD
05/27/01 PIKE WATER OVER ARKANSAS
HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN
MURFREESBORO AND KIRBY.
WATER POURING OFF THE
HILL AT COWHIDE COVE.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, May 27, 10:09 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1109 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM 5 S KIRBY AR FLOOD
05/27/01 PIKE 4 FEET OF WATER ON
ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 27.
NEARBY CAMPGROUNDS ON
s LAKE GREESON BEING
EVACUATED. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, May 27, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1137 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1055 PM SPARKMAN AR WIND DAMAGE
05/27/01 DALLAS LARGE TREES DOWN. ONE
COUNTY ROAD COMPLETELY
BLOCKED. POWER LINES
DOWN. POWER OUT IN
SPARKMAN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
1110 PM PETTYVIEW AR WIND DAMAGE
05/27/01 GARLAND LARGE TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. AMITY ROAD
BLOCKED. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1110 PM HEMPWALLACE AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 GARLAND DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL LASTED 6 MINUTES
BETPWEEN HEMPWALLACE AND
PETTYVIEW. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 28, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, May 28, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in New York, May 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2001
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, May 28, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, May 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 28, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 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: 5249374.