Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 6, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 6, 2002
Start: 2002-08-06T19:45
End: 2002-08-06T19:45
Location: Arkansas

August 6, 2002 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 60 mph blew down several trees about 6 miles south of Dardanelle.

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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 happened

The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 60 mph blew down several trees about 6 miles south of Dardanelle.

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 Aug 6, 2:36 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:36 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
336 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002

THE COLD FRONT IN MISSOURI HAS NOW MADE ITS WAY INTO NORTH ARKANSAS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED ALONG THE FRONT ON KLZK RADAR.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE STATE
TONIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH TONIGHT AND EXIT THE
STATE ON WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE NORTH THROUGH NOON TOMORROW AND A CHANCE ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.

AVN SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL WITH THE GIVEN SCENARIO. MUCH DRIER AND
SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. DEW
POINTS WILL DROP INTO THE 60S ACROSS THE AREA. DRY WEATHER IS
EXPECTED UNTIL A COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS MOVES INTO THE AREA ON
SATURDAY. WILL PUT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FOR THE
WEEKEND. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MOVE IN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...FROM
REMNANTS OF BERTHA. WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MOISTURE APPRECIABLE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE EXPECTED. FUTURE FORECASTS WILL NEED TO
WATCH THIS.

STAYED CLOSE TO THE MAV TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE. THE MAV SEEMS TO HAVE
A GOOD HANDLE ON THE SITUATION.

.LZK...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yell

When: August 6, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Yell County, 6 mi S of Dardanelle
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 35.133, -93.150

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, August 2002

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: 5317259.