Tornado in Arkansas, April 29, 2004

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, April 29, 2004
Start: 2004-04-29T14:02
End: 2004-04-29T14:06
Location: Arkansas

April 29, 2004 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 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 Apr 29, 1:45 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:45 PM CST, 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
245 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND WILL ENTER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERIODS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHER PRESSURE
WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE ON SUNDAY AND WILL BRING ABOUT COOLER AND
DRIER WEATHER FOR A FEW DAYS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK AR    62  76  60  73 /  60  30  60  60
HARRISON AR       58  73  53  66 /  50  30  60  60
HOT SPRINGS AR    61  75  58  74 /  50  30  60  60
PINE BLUFF AR     62  77  61  73 /  70  30  60  60
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  58  75  55  66 /  60  30  60  60
MONTICELLO AR     63  77  61  73 /  70  30  50  60
SEARCY AR         62  76  60  71 /  70  30  60  60
MOUNT IDA AR      62  74  58  74 /  50  30  60  60
RUSSELLVILLE AR   61  75  56  73 /  50  30  60  60
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 12:30 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
130 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
130 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE MAJORITY
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE CHANCES
OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE LESS ACROSS THE NORTH BUT SOME SHOWERS CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOS
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION
WILL EXIT THE AREA QUICKLY THIS EVENING BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE STATE. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE BEST CHANCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH A
SQUALL LINE. THIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF
THE STATE.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
ACCOMPANYING THE COLD FRONT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE AND GENERAL RAINFALL WILL NOT BE
NEARLY AS HEAVY AS LAST WEEK. HOWEVER DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND
IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND RIVER FLOODING CONTINUING IN SOME
LOCATIONS...THE RAINS ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY COULD AGGRAVATE OR
PROLONG FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

RUNOFF AND FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL GENERALLY SUBSIDE SLOWLY ACROSS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS ASIDE FROM WHAT AGGRAVATION IS CAUSED
BY THE RAINS THROUGH SATURDAY. FLOODING ON PARTS OF THE LOWER WHITE
RIVER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Dallas

When: April 29, 2:02 PM CST to 2:06 PM CST
Where: Dallas County, 2 mi WSW of Fordyce
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 75 yd
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 33.800, -92.450

An F1 tornado touched down 2 miles west-southwest of Fordyce and was on the ground for about 2 miles before lifting 1.5 miles northwest of Fordyce. The path of this tornado was almost entirely within the city limits of Fordyce, on the west side of town. At a discount store, patio furniture and swing sets were destroyed and a garden center was damaged. A church steeple was blown off and some wood fences were knocked down. Several large trees were uprooted, with one tree landing on a house. Dozens of moderate to large size tree limbs were also knocked down.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 2004 Warnings in Arkansas, April 2004

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: 5392093.