Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 1, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Mena
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.583, -94.233
Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 1, 2003
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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 5:49 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 5:49 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 649 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 UPDATED FORECASTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 828. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWFA. .LZK...NONE. 51
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:15 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 615 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...ACROSS AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MENA...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO BRINKLEY. STORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL ORGANIZE INTO CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES...WHICH ARE WELL-ORGANIZED LARGE CLUSTERS OF STORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AS WELL. CURRENT DATA INDICATE THE GREATEST SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WALDRON...TO MORRILTON...TO NEWPORT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES MAY STILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE DISSIPATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COMPLEXES WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. 28
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:46 PM CST, 49 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>015-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 946 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...PART OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... BOONE...MARION...BAXTER...FULTON...SHARP...NEWTON...SEARCY... STONE...AND IZARD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THESE COUNTIES...SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... JOHNSON...POPE...VAN BUREN...CLEBURNE...INDEPENDENCE... JACKSON...LOGAN...CONWAY...FAULKNER...WHITE...AND WOODRUFF. 28
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:25 PM CST, 10 minutes before
ARZ016-021>025-030>034-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1025 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMNBER 828 THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. 22
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:35 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
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 1, 2003
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 1, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 1, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 1, 2003
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 1, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, August 1, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, August 1, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, August 1, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 1, 2003
- Hail in Illinois, August 1, 2003
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 2003
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: 5333254.