Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- August 23, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- White County, Searcy
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -91.750
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 23, 2003
Thunderstorm winds blew down some large trees in Searcy.
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
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds blew down some large trees in Searcy.
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 22, 9:05 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 9:05 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1005 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI INTO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AT 0300Z. QUICK UPDATE TO INCLUDE SMALL POPS FOR OVERNIGHT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF CWA. .LZK...NONE. 22
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:05 PM CST, 7 hours 55 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 605 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF THE STORMS TO BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A COLD FRONT MAY REACH THE STATE WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT THAT TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 28
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 23, 12:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
100 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1240 AM 3 SW SWIFTON AR WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03 JACKSON HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN DOWN
ON U.S. HWY 67. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
1240 AM SWIFTON AR WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03 JACKSON TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN.
POWER LINES DOWN. POLICE
RADIO SYSTEM KNOCKED OUT.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1243 AM 2 W TUCKERMAN AR WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03 JACKSON TREE DOWN ACROSS STATE HWY
37. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
22Local storm report, Aug 23, 12:07 AM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
107 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0103 AM NEWPORT AR .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/03 JACKSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
22Local storm report, Aug 23, 12:31 AM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
131 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 AM NEWPORT AR WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03 JACKSON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
22Local storm report, Aug 23, 12:47 AM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
147 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0112 AM NEWARK AR WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03 INDEPENDENCE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. SOME ROADS BLOCKED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
22The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- August 23, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- White County, Searcy
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -91.750
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 23, 2003
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 23, 2003
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 23, 2003
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 23, 2003
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 23, 2003
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 23, 2003
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 23, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 23, 2003
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 23, 2003
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: 5333368, 5333369.