Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 10, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 10, 2001
Start: 2001-10-10T18:15
End: 2001-10-10T18:15
Location: Arkansas

October 10, 2001 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Oct 10, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
330 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS ARKANSAS. AS OF 18Z
IT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI TO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS ACROSS
CENTRAL OKALHOMA AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS
COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY INTO ARKANSAS
TONIGHT AND A LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...AND THIS WILL TEND
TO SLOW IT DOWN EVEN MORE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST SECTIONS THURSDAY. THERE IS
A CHANCE OF LINGERING SHOWERS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE
EASTERN SECTIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON
RAIN-COOLED AREAS AND WILL NOT BE EASY TO PINPOINT SO WILL NOT STRAY
TOO FAR FROM GUIDANCE.

.LIT...NONE.

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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Oct 10, 5:30 PM CST, 45 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>054-110400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
630 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
UNTIL 11 PM...

A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE AIR WAS WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WITH
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THE STORMS WERE SEVERE AS THEY PUSHED
INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS DOWNING TREES AND
POWER LINES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS MAINLY WEST OF MOUNTAIN
HOME...MORRILTON AND ARKADELPHIA.

IN ADDITION...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES
AREAS MAINLY EAST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...MORRILTON AND LITTLE ROCK.

STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE MOVING QUICKLY...GREATLY
INCREASING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND. ALSO...THERE IS SOME WIND
SHEAR...MEANING THAT THE WIND IS TURNING WITH HEIGHT. GIVEN THIS...
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.

PEOPLE IN MUCH OF ARKANSAS NEED TO PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS EVENING. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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Local storm report, Oct 10, 5:52 PM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
652 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

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

0525 PM    CLARKSVILLE               AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/10/01   JOHNSON                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

0543 PM    PARTHENON                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/10/01   NEWTON                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0600 PM    CENTERVILLE               AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/10/01   YELL                           TREES DOWN. STREET
                                          SIGNS BLOWN OVER. TRUCK
                                          HIT A TREE ON ROADWAY.
                                          REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Baxter

When: October 10, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Baxter County, 4 mi SE of Norfork
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.167, -92.233

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees on Highway 5.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5271993.