Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 14, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 14, 2002
Start: 2002-07-14T12:50
End: 2002-07-14T12:50
Location: Arkansas

July 14, 2002 · NWS LZK · 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: 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 Jul 14, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1020 AM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002

WILL BE SENDING OUT AN UPDATE THIS MORNING. LATEST SURFACE OBS PUT
SURFACE BOUNDARY ROUGHLY FROM KDEQ TO BETWEEN KLIT AND KPBF TO
POINTS EASTWARD. BOUNDARY AND UPPER LOW WILL ALLOW A FOCUS FOR TSRA
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. HEATING FROM BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL
PROVIDE THE NEEDED TRIGGER...AND ISOLD CONVECTION ALREADY DEVELOPING
INVOF THE FRONT.

TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD FOR NOW...GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF EXPECTED CLOUD
COVER. WINDS ARE ON TRACK...MOSTLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE. ONLY MAJOR
CHANGES TO FORECAST WILL BE TO BUMP POPS UP IN CENTRAL ZONES TO 40
PERCENT...AND TO REMOVE MORNING FOG WORDING.

UPDATED FORECAST WILL BE SENT AROUND 1030 AM.

FCSTID = 57

.LZK...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: July 14, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 5 mi S of Corley
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.150, -93.650

Several large limbs were blown down.

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: 5311428.