Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 22, 2003
Start: 2003-07-22T02:40
End: 2003-07-22T02:40
Location: Arkansas

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 21, 10:40 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 10:40 PM CST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1140 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003

UPDATED THE ZONES TO REMOVE WORDING ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

FCSTID =   29
HRO   67  80  62  83 /  50  50  20  10
LIT   73  85  66  88 /  30  50  30  10
HOT   72  85  66  87 /  30  50  30  10
PBF   74  86  67  88 /  30  50  40  10

.LZK...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 12:45 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
145 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM MISSOURI INTO
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THE REST OF TONIGHT. SOME
OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO A CONCERN. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS...REACHING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY DAYBREAK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN
CONCERNS WITH THE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE STATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...WITH RAIN CHANCES ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS TO BE QUITE PLEASANT WITH COOLER AND
DRIER AIR FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT. THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGE WILL
BE LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS.

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:38 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Newton

When: July 22, 2:40 AM CST
Where: Newton County, 10 mi S of Jasper
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.850, -93.183

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.

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

More

Every storm in Arkansas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, July 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: 5329574.