Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 2, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 2, 2002
Start: 2002-07-02T16:40
End: 2002-07-02T16:40
Location: Arkansas

July 2, 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 2, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
330 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002

LOCAL RADARS INDICATE SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF
OF THE CWA...WITH GREATER AREAL CONVERAGE NOTED THAN WITH THE
PREVIOUS SEVERAL DAYS. A MORE FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL FLOW AND MOISTURE
PROFILES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OF THE CONVECTION. EXPECT A DECREASE IN CONVERAGE BY 06Z...AS THE
LOW LEVEL FLOW WEAKENS.

EXPECT DIRURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CWA WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN THURSDAY...AS MOISTURE REMAINS
ABUNDANT ACROSS THIS AREA. EXPECT DECREASING CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION DURING THE WEEKEND...AS MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BECOME
LESS SUPPORTIVE FOR CONVECTION.

FCSTID = 55
HRO   69  90  71  92 /  30  20  20  20
LIT   72  94  72  94 /  20  10  10  10
HOT   71  91  73  94 /  20  20  30  20
PBF   72  93  73  94 /  20  10  10  10

.LZK...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: July 2, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Mc Almont
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.800, -92.183

Thunderstorm winds downed several power poles.

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

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: 5311334.