Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- March 8, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Cecil
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -93.950
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 8, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 330 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002 A FEW BREAKS SHOWING UP IN THE CLOUD DECK THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. WINDS HAVE KEPT UP THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD INCREASE THIS EVENING. WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WILL LIKELY NEED TO EXTEND THE ADVISORY FURTHER SOUTH THIS EVENING. FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA FROM ROUGHLY 10 PM THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH A SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE CWA TONIGHT. FRONT SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA BY MORNING. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR QUICKLY ACCORDING TO MODELS AND WILL CONTINUE WITH MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR SATURDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION STILL LOOKS TO BE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH NEXT SYSTEM. SCALED BACK TEMPS IN EXTENDED A BIT BUT KEPT A WARMING TREND GOING THROUGH THURSDAY. NEXT SYSTEM GETTING CLOSE TO AREA ON FRIDAY AND MAY NEED SOME POPS FOR FRIDAY BUT KEEP DRY FOR NOW PENDING ANOTHER RUN OR TWO. HOWIESON FCSTID = 44 TUL 37 51 27 63 / 60 10 0 0 FSM 45 55 25 59 / 70 10 0 0 MLC 43 56 27 62 / 60 10 0 0 BVO 34 48 25 62 / 60 10 0 0 FYV 41 50 22 58 / 70 10 0 0 BYV 41 50 22 58 / 70 10 0 0 MIO 38 46 25 61 / 70 10 0 0 MKO 40 52 27 62 / 70 10 0 0 F10 37 51 27 63 / 60 10 0 0 HHW 45 59 29 63 / 60 10 0 0 .TSA... AR...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011. OK...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ZONES OKZ054>071.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST, 55 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 900 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002 ...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG COLD FRONT...WHICH WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE EVENING...WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THIS FRONT AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE FURTHER SOUTHWARD ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA /NPWTUL/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AROUND 9 PM. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER WILL MAXIMIZE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...WHILE AREAS FURTHER SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO BE INHIBITED BY A WARM LAYER ALOFT. STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT OVERSPREAD THE AREA. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 1200 UTC SATURDAY AREA 1...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...70 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...30 AREA 2...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...80 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...40 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...10 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 9:25 PM CST, 30 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 925 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002 ...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE FORMED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE EVENING...WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THIS FRONT AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE FURTHER SOUTHWARD ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA /NPWTUL/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AROUND 9 PM. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER WILL MAXIMIZE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...WHILE AREAS FURTHER SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO BE INHIBITED BY A WARM LAYER ALOFT. STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT OVERSPREAD THE AREA. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 1200 UTC SATURDAY AREA 1...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...70 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...30 AREA 2...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...80 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...40 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...10 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:56 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 8 to 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 8, 2002
- Ice Storm in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 8 to 9, 2002
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2002
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Oklahoma, March 8 to 9, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 8 to 9, 2002
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 8 to 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2002
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 8, 2002
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 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: 5286564.