Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- May 30, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, 4 mi SW of Thornton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -92.533
Some large limbs and a few small trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 30, 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 30, 2:35 PM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:35 PM CST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 335 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001 MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER ARKANSAS. OLD BOUNDARY REMAINS GENERALLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AFTERNOON HEATING MAKING ATMOSPHERE EVEN MORE UNSTABLE. WILL GO WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FORECAST AREA FOR TONIGHT. SPC ISSUING TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN COUNTIES AS 4 PM. COLD FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE ON THURSDAY. WILL KEEP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR THURSDAY...WITH CHANCES DECREASING FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES FARTHER DURING THE DAY. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE PARTLY CLOUDY. AVN INDICATING ANOTHER FAST MOVING FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...BUT WILL INCLUDE SMALL POPS IN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOK DRY. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. NGM MOS POPS AND TEMPERATURES GENERALLY REASONABLE. (22) .LIT...NONE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
845 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0738 PM MALVERN AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 HOT SPRING REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
0735 PM 2 S MALVERN AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 HOT SPRING REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. ALSO FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED NEAR MALVERN AT
741 PM.
0721 PM BISMARCK AR WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 HOT SPRING TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
911.
0720 PM DE ROCHE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 HOT SPRING REPORTED BY 911.
0745 PM MALVERN AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 HOT SPRING HAILED FOR 5 MINUTES.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0743 PM Z 9 S RISON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 CLEVELAND DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL. REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.Local storm report, May 30, 8:06 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
906 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM 1 N MURFREESBORO AR WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 PIKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
MURFREESBORO POLICE
0720 PM HOT SPGS AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 GARLAND IN DOWNTOWN HOT
SPRINGS. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0738 PM 1 SW ROCKPORT AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 HOT SPRING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
LARGER. REPORTED BY
MAVLERN POLICE.
0805 PM SHERIDAN AR WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 GRANT GROCERY STORE DAMAGED.
TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0840 PM PANSY AR WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 CLEVELAND LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
0853 PM EAGLE MILLS AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 OUACHITA REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.Local storm report, May 30, 8:09 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
909 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM BISMARCK AR WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 HOT SPRING TRAILER HOME DESTROYED.Local storm report, May 30, 8:46 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
946 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 PM PINE BLUFF AR WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 JEFFERSON POWER LINES DOWN.
HANGAR BLOWN DOWN.
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
DOWN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0840 PM PINE BLUFF AR .75 INCH HAIL
0@5/30/01 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, May 30, 8:50 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
950 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0933 PM MONTICELLO AR WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 DREW AWNINGS AND SMALL TREES
DOWN ON EAST SIDE OF
MONTICELLO. REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE.Local storm report, May 30, 8:56 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
956 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0833 PM 4 N AMY AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 OUACHITA REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0907 PM GARNETT AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/30/01 qLINCOLN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:15 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 30 to 31, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 30, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, May 30, 2001
- Flooding in Kansas, May 30, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, May 30, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 30, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 30, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 30 to 31, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 30, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 30, 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: 5249473.