Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 20, 2004

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 20, 2004
Start: 2004-03-20T23:10
End: 2004-03-20T23:10
Location: Arkansas

March 20, 2004 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 20, 10:07 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 10:07 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1007 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

.DISCUSSION...
HAVE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE ZONES WITH TIMING OF FRONTAL
PASSAGE...AND RESULTANT WINDS...TEMPERATURES...AND
LOCATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN.

&&

.UPDATED POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  53  66  38  62 /  60  10   0   0
MLU  53  63  36  61 /  60  10   0   0
TXK  49  66  37  60 /  60  10   0   0
TYR  52  69  41  63 /  60  10   0   0
LFK  56  70  39  64 /  60  20   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 12:00 PM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-211200-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NEAR A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND THE ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF
EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTH. HOWEVER...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS AS THEY MOVE FARTHER SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 20, 9:03 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
903 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     HAIL             VALLIANT                34.00N 95.09W
03/20/2004  0.75 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0815 PM     HAIL             5 N CLARKSVILLE         33.68N 95.06W
03/20/2004  1.75 INCH        RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT DIMPLE

0815 PM     HAIL             7 N CLARKSVILLE         33.71N 95.06W
03/20/2004  1.75 INCH        RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT NEGLEY

&&

SGG

Local storm report, Mar 20, 9:11 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
911 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     HAIL             BOGATA                  33.47N 95.21W
03/20/2004  0.88 INCH        RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SGG

Local storm report, Mar 20, 9:39 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
939 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0733 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE VALLIANT           34.06N 95.03W
03/20/2004                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN OVER COUNTY ROAD 98 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
            VALLIANT OKLAHOMA

&&

SGG

Local storm report, Mar 20, 10:23 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1023 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0956 PM     HAIL             17 NNE MINEOLA          32.89N 95.38W
03/20/2004  0.75 INCH        WOOD               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE HAIL IN THE PLEASANT GROVE COMMUNITY ABOUT 8
            MILES NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN TEXAS

&&

SGG

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: March 20, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Union County, 9 mi SE of El Dorado
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.100, -92.550

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, March 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: 5387511.