Arkansas, 2002

Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 19, 2002

July 19, 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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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 19, 2:27 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:27 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
327 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002

MAIN CONCERN TONIGHT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE RAIN FOR NORTHEAST
PARTS OF THE CWFA.

GENERALLY LIKE THE AVN THE BEST OF THE MODELS. THE UPPER LOW OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
BEFORE IT GETS TOO FAR AWAY...SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE NORTHEAST SECTION. THIS IS GOING TO BRING MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE AREA WHERE IT HAS BEEN RAINING ALL DAY TODAY. LOOKING AT THE VAD
WIND PROFILE WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE ONLY AROUND 15KTS.
THE GROUND IS SATURATED SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR A
PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHEAST
AGAIN TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
ON SATURDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE GULF COAST. AS THE LOW
MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER
ARKANSAS...SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE DRY. THE NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO
THE AREA FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART
OF NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH LOWS IN THE
70S AND HIGHS IN THE 80S AND 90S.

.LZK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTHEAST TONIGHT...ZONES
ARZ005>007-014>016-024-025-033-034

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When
July 19, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Cleveland County, 2 mi N of Rison
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.983, -92.183

A large tree was 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5311422.