Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 30, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 30, 2003
Start: 2003-07-30T14:10
End: 2003-07-30T14:10
Location: Arkansas

July 30, 2003 · 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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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 30, 11:00 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 11:00 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1200 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2003

STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION ALONG FRONT TO START DAY...BUT PRECIPITATION HAS
BECOME MORE SCATTERED DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. GIVEN
THIS...REDUCED CHANCES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

SATELLITE SHOWING STORM SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING. SYSTEM
WILL HEAD EAST ALONG FRONT...WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS AND
HEATING...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AND
WILL SLIDE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WITH FRONT. MAY HAVE TO SLOW
SOUTHERN PROGRESS OF PRECIPITATION/FRONT...AND MAY END UP INCREASING
CHANCES OF RAIN IN CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE AS A RESULT.

BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...LOOKS LIKE FRONT WILL FINALLY EXIT THE STATE TO
THE SOUTH WITH PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END.

DRY WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST ON FRIDAY. YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL
ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH THIS WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN.

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
155 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...A STORM SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA WILL INTERACT WITH
THE FRONT...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING.
IT APPEARS THAT STORMS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST COVERAGE ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...OR IN AREAS WEST OF MORRILTON AND
HOT SPRINGS...AND SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS AND STUTTGART. WITH SOME
BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS AND HEATING...THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME
UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS.

SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT...AND
WILL DRIFT SOUTHWARD WITH THE FRONT. GIVEN THIS...RAIN CHANCES WILL
BE GREATEST IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FRONT EXITS THE STATE TO THE SOUTH. YET
ANOTHER FRONT WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND FROM THE NORTH WITH ANOTHER
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THEREFORE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 1:17 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...REPORTS FROM TUESDAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
217 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0247 PM    12 SE MOUNT IDA           AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/29/03   MONTGOMERY                     REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0255 PM    CRYSTAL SPRINGS           AR   .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03   GARLAND                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0447 PM    5 E CENTERVILLE           AR   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03   YELL                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0639 PM    NORTH LITTLE ROCK         AR   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03   PULASKI                        TREES DOWN ON FAULKNER
                                          LAKE ROAD. REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA.

0640 PM    1 N OARK                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1030 PM    3 SW BISMARCK             AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03   HOT SPRING                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1030 PM    10 NE ALPINE              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03   CLARK                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:11 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bradley

When: July 30, 2:10 PM CST
Where: Bradley County, 5 mi N of Warren
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 33.683, -92.067

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines.

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

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: 5329689.