Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 12, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 12, 2002
Start: 2002-07-12T20:45
End: 2002-07-12T20:45
Location: Arkansas

July 12, 2002 · NWS JAN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 12, 1:35 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:35 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
235 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO BE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF
CONVECTION NEXT FEW DAYS.

MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT UPPER SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER MO WILL
DROP SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST NEXT FEW DAYS. AVN A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN
DROPPING SYSTEM MORE TO THE SW INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS AND CUTTING IT
OFF. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON STRENGTH OF INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
UPPER RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED HEIGHT RISES. WILL GO WITH AVN THROUGH
THE PERIOD.

FOR TONIGHT...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CONTINUES TO EVOLVE OVER NORTHERN
MS. AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF MCS IS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH
LI VALUES APPROACHING -10. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE
ACROSS FORECAST AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING...AND THEN SLOWLY
DIMINISH WITH TIME AFTER SUNSET. AS IN PAST NIGHTS...A FEW ISOLATED
SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT AND/OR REDEVELOP EARLY IN THE
MORNING IN VERY TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT. MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THIS OVER
NORTHERN MS AGAIN IN VICINITY OF SURFACE BOUNDARY.

PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN NEAR 2 INCHES AGAIN SATURDAY...AND
FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO SET UP ACROSS NORTHERN MS/SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHRA AND TSRA WILL REDEVELOP
AGAIN...BEST COVERAGE LIKELY TO BE NEAR BOUNDARY. BY SUNDAY...OLD
FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH...AND SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR
BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH. SHOULD STILL BE PLENTY ENOUGH
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY FOR FAIRLY GOOD COVERAGE OF SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA
SUNDAY...BUT BY MONDAY AS FRONT GETS WELL NORTH OF AREA AND
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES DECREASE FURTHER...COVERAGE SHOULD
DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
BLEND OF AVN/NGM TEMPERATURES SEEMS REASONABLE.

IN THE EXTENDED...AVN SHOWING THAT BEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT WITH
UPPER SYSTEM REMAINS TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES MUCH LOWER AND K INDEX VALUES ONLY IN THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S OVER MOST AREAS. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD IN
FROM THE EAST WITH MUCH HIGHER 500 MB HEIGHTS. WILL GO WITH A
GRADUAL WARMING TREND AND JUST ISOLATED DIRUNAL CONVECTION TUESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
JAN 073/091 073/090 073 4645
MEI 071/090 072/090 073 4645

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:01 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
601 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

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

520  PM    BRANDON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/02   RANKIN                         SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          BRANDON. ONE TREE FELL ON
                                          A HOUSE.

Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:26 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

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

0720 PM    STRINGER                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/02   JASPER                         A FEW TREES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:28 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
728 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

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

0600 PM    MORGANTOWN                MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/02   MARION                         A FEW TREES DOWN ON
                                          HIGHWAY 587 AND 44.
                                          REPORTED BY MARION COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:57 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
757 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

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

0750 PM    10SE LORMAN               MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/02   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN.REPORTED BY
                                          JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Chicot

When: July 12, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Chicot County, Lake Vlg
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.333, -91.283

Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree which, in turn, knocked over several powerlines.

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, July 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: 5309264.