Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- March 20, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, 2 mi NW of Bearden
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -92.633
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 20, 2004
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines over several areas of Ouachita County.
Where it happened
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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
- 4
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 happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines over several areas of Ouachita County.
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 Mar 20, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 830 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 .DISCUSSION... CDFNT WORKING ACRS CNTRL AR ATTM WITH CONVECTION CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG AND S OF THE BNDRY. DRIER AIR MOVING IN QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH DEWPOINT READINGS IN THE 30S OVER NRN AR. UPDATED GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. REMOVED POPS FROM NRN COUNTIES... TRIMMED BACK POPS TO CHC CAT OVER CNTRL SECTIONS UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND INDCD A DECREASING RAIN CHCS OVER SRN AR OVERNIGHT. UPDATED GRIDS AND ZONES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 44
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 6:00 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211100- 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- 600 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ISOLATED STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF STATE THIS EVENING. 22
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:07 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- March 20, 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, Bearden
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.733, -92.617
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- March 20, 10:09 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, 2 mi E of Harmony Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -92.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- March 20, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, Camden
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -92.833
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
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- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 20, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, March 20, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 20, 2004
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- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 20, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 20, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 20, 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: 5387775, 5387776, 5387777, 5387778.