Arkansas, 2002

Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 10, 2002

November 10, 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 Nov 10, 3:55 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 3:55 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
355 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. COLD FRONT NEARING
CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. HAVE
INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR CENTRAL SECTIONS EARLY
TONIGHT...AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND SOUTHEAST FOR EARLY
TONIGHT. PER SPC OUTLOOK SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST COULD BE SEVERE EARLY TONIGHT...HOWEVER...LOOKS LIKE MOST
OF THE BIG THUNDERSTORM SHOW WILL BE EAST OF OUR AREA. DRY WEATHER
ON TAP FOR MONDAY. BUT AVN CONTINUES TO PUT LARGE POPS IN FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS MONDAY NIGHT AREA OF VORTICITY MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA. ETA AND NGM HAVE LITTLE OR NO POPS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT. AFTER COORDINATION WITH SHV...JAN...AND MEMO...WILL INCLUDE
CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS CENTRAL AND SOUTH FOR MONDAY NIGHT. AFTER
THAT DRY WEATHER FOR TUESDAY THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY. HAVE BEEN
ADVERTISING NEXT FRONT ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER...NEW MODEL RUN HAS FRONT
MOVING IN THURSDAY NIGHT. HAVE PUT POPS IN FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND
THEN CONTINUED THEM ON FRIDAY AS NEW FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY SHOULD AGAIN BE DRY.

FCSTID = 22
HRO   40  58  35  52 /  10  10  10   5
LIT   49  62  42  54 /  20  10  30   5
HOT   49  62  41  55 /  20  10  30   5
PBF   52  64  43  58 /  30  10  40   5

.LZK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 4:43 PM CST, 36 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
443 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CST.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
UNTIL 11 PM CST.

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS ARKANSAS TONIGHT.
OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. SOME OF THE
STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE GREATEST THREAT
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS DURING THE
EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT
BE RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS
WEEK...AND WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Drew

When
November 10, 5:19 PM CST
Where
Drew County, 3 mi NNE of Collins
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
33.583, -91.550

Some large trees were knocked 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

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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: 5323581.