Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- June 2, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.917, -92.867
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 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.
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Jun 2, 2:53 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:53 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 340 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... OVERALL CONVECTIVE TRENDS ACROSS THE CWA HAVE INCREASED DURING PAST 60 MINUTES. INSTABILITY ANALYSIS INDICATES CAPE VALUES ABOVE 3500 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. AREAS PROFILERS REVEAL VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED CELLS. OVERALL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ELEVATED SO FAR. HAVE ORIENTED FORECASTS TO ACCOUNT FOR NEAR TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS. OVERALL FOCUS FOR MAXIMUM CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE WEST DURING THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM PERIODS. HOWEVER... CONVECTIVELY INDUCED BOUNDARIES IN THE VICINITY MAY STILL FOCUS WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION DURING THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOW CONFIDENCE IN LONG TERM MODELS...AS GFS DEVELOPING DEEP TROUGH OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ENSEMBLE MEANS NOT SHOWING THIS DEVELOPMENT...AND GOING TOWARD A MORE SOUTHWEST FLOW. AS SUCH...TRENDED POPS BACK TO SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. ALSO RAISED TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES DUE TO SOUTHERLY FLOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 65 84 62 84 / 30 10 10 10 HARRISON AR 57 80 57 81 / 40 10 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 65 84 63 84 / 50 20 20 10 PINE BLUFF AR 66 84 63 85 / 30 20 20 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 57 79 56 81 / 30 10 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 66 85 64 86 / 30 20 20 10 SEARCY AR 64 82 60 83 / 30 10 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 64 84 64 85 / 60 20 20 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 62 82 63 83 / 50 10 20 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 55/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 11:50 AM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1250 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031000- 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- 1250 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHERN ARKANSAS...WILL MOVE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR IS PRESENT ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE...AND THIS WILL INTERACT WITH THE COOL AIR BEHIND THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP CLOSE TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH SEVERE STORMS A POSSIBILITY DUE TO THE UNSTABLE AIR. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL. WHILE MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...STORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE SOUTH...BUT WILL BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE. ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. THIS COMPLEX WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IT COULD AFFECT SOME AREAS OF THE SOUTH. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS REACH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEMS OR OTHER THUNDERSTORM BOUNDARIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN AND AROUND ARKANSAS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. A FEW UPPER LEVEL LOWS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG ONE OF THE BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA COULD MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING. THE CHANCE OF THIS WILL BE ENHANCED AT NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. 58
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:21 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
621 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG MENA 34.58N 94.24W
06/02/2004 POLK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALL OVER TOWN. SOME TREES ON HOUSES. POWER
LINES DOWN WITH POWER OUT IN SEVERAL AREAS.
0620 PM HAIL IDA 35.57N 91.93W
06/02/2004 1.75 INCH CLEBURNE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
22Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:39 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
639 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT IDA 34.55N 93.63W
06/02/2004 MONTGOMERY AR EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TREES BLOCKING U.S. HIGHWAY
270 AT FAIRGROUNDS ROAD.
&&
22Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:16 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
716 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG MURFREESBORO 34.06N 93.69W
06/02/2004 PIKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALL OVER TOWN. POWER LINES DOWN.
0655 PM HAIL STEPROCK 35.43N 91.69W
06/02/2004 1.00 INCH WHITE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
22Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:20 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
720 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM HAIL 3 N BALD KNOB 35.35N 91.57W
06/02/2004 0.75 INCH WHITE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0718 PM TSTM WND DMG BISMARCK 34.32N 93.17W
06/02/2004 HOT SPRING AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN.
&&
22Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:45 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
745 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 SE MOUNTAIN PINE 34.49N 93.07W
06/02/2004 GARLAND AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HOUSES ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 227
JUST NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 270.
&&
22Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:17 PM CST, 23 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>046-052>056-062>063-066>068- 030400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 817 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #385 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS...FULTON...BOONE...SHARP...JACKSON...INDEPENDENCE... SEARCY...POLK...MONTGOMERY...GARLAND...SCOTT...PERRY...YELL... LOGAN...NEWTON...STONE...CONWAY...CLEBURNE...POPE...JOHNSON... MARION...BAXTER...VAN BUREN AND IZARD... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #385 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...CLARK... CALHOUN...BRADLEY...OUACHITA...CLEVELAND...DALLAS...PIKE... JEFFERSON...GRANT...HOT SPRING...SALINE...PULASKI...LONOKE... PRAIRIE...FAULKNER...WOODRUFF AND WHITE COUNTIES... 22
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:40 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 2, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 2 to 3, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
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: 5407443.