Arkansas, 2004

Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 16, 2004

July 16, 2004 · 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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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 16, 5:45 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 5:45 PM CST, 5 hours 50 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.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 8:50 PM CST, 2 hours 45 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.

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When
July 16, 11:35 PM CST
Where
Lincoln County, Griffith Spgs
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.017, -91.933

Several large trees were blown down.

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

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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: 5416036.