Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 16, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Wabbaseka
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -91.800
Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 16, 2004
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 Jul 16, 5:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 5:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 645 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 .DISCUSSION... WHOLESALE CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE ZONES/GRIDS WITH AN UPDATE COMING AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 648 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 7 PM AS ALL CONVECTION HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. OF MORE SIGNIFICANCE WILL BE A COMPLETE REWORK OF POPS AND QPF FIELDS. CURRENT SATELLITE SHOWS REMNANT OF A STRONG MCV CURRENTLY IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. STILL NO ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE AS AIR MASS APPEARS TO BE CAPPED IN THIS AREA. QUICK LOOK AT THE 00Z SOUNDING FROM KLZK SHOWS VIRTUALLY NO CAP. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS STILL POSSIBLE AS FEATURE MOVES INTO A MORE DESIRABLE ENVIRONMENT ...POPS WILL BE SLASHED ACROSS THE BOARD. WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH AS FEATURE EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. WILL REEVALUATE FORECAST WHEN NEW MODEL RUN COMES IN AND ANOTHER UPDATE MAY BE WARRANTED. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 56
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 8:50 PM CST, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-171000- 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- 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH ARKANSAS TONIGHT...WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE AFFECTED AREAS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HOT SPRINGS...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO BRINKLEY. AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT ARE THESE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTH ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE STATE AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 58
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Indiana, July 16 to 17, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 16, 2004
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 16, 2004
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 16, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 16, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 16, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 16, 2004
- High Surf in Hawaii, July 16 to 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 16, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 16, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 16 to 17, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 16, 2004
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 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: 5416034.