Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- March 13, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Y City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.733, -94.083
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 13, 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 Mar 12, 9:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 9:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 955 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003 WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO RAISE LOW TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEGREES. TEMPERATURES ARE STILL WELL INTO THE 60S AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 50S AND 60S. MID 50S IN THE NORTH AND LOWER 60S IN THE SOUTH LOOKS MORE REASONABLE. SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL GET INTO ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...THE FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK. .LZK...NONE. 51
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 11:15 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1115 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE TOWARDS ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT ...MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE AND BATESVILLE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TONIGHT FOR A CONTINUING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIGGERING THE STORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY...WITH TRANQUIL WEATHER RETURNING BY THURSDAY NIGHT. YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE PLAINS BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT MAINLY IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. 56
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:00 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
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 13, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 2003
- Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2003
- High Wind in Nevada, March 13 to 14, 2003
- High Wind in Oregon, March 13, 2003
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 13 to 14, 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: 5347081.