1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 4, 10:00 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1000 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS/WEATHER AND SKY GRIDS FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS...AND TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH 25. SEVERE CONCERNS ARE DIMINISHING AS THE LINE APPROACHES EASTERN ARKANSAS...AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS CAPPED IN THIS AREA. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING TO THE NORTH...CAP LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HOLD OVERNIGHT. SOME STRONG WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST...BUT MAINLY BE A SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL STAY STRONG OVERNIGHT...WITH THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUING. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR ZONES ARZ003>007...ARZ012>016...ARZ021>025...ARZ030>034... ARZ037>047...ARZ052>057...ARZ062>067. && 58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1045 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-051100- 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- 1045 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A STORM SYSTEM WAS IN EASTERN KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING...AND WAS HEADED FOR IOWA OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL HEAD INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO TEND TO WEAKEN AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM MOVES WELL NORTH OF THE STATE. GIVEN THIS...NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A COLD FRONT IN WESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY MORNING WILL MOVE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT THIS WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN AREAS EAST OF ARKANSAS INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 46
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
652 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG MURFREESBORO 34.06N 93.69W
03/04/2004 PIKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
718 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND GST JASPER 36.01N 93.19W
03/04/2004 60 MPH NEWTON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
742 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM HAIL 5 WSW HASKELL 34.48N 92.72W
03/04/2004 0.75 INCH SALINE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
743 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 PM HAIL HOT SPRINGS 34.49N 93.05W
03/04/2004 0.75 INCH GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG HOT SPRINGS 34.49N 93.05W
03/04/2004 GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
BARN COLLAPSED AT HORSE RACE TRACK. LARGE TREE DOWN ON A
HOUSE NEARBY.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1130 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SE ALPINE 34.16N 93.31W
03/04/2004 CLARK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN.
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG AMITY 34.27N 93.46W
03/04/2004 CLARK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG BIG FORK 34.48N 93.97W
03/04/2004 POLK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN.
&&
46PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED ORDER OF REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1130 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG BIG FORK 34.48N 93.97W
03/04/2004 POLK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN.
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG AMITY 34.27N 93.46W
03/04/2004 CLARK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN.
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SE ALPINE 34.16N 93.31W
03/04/2004 CLARK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN.
&&
46The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused some structural damage to several buildings in Brinkley. Roof damage was noted on some of the buildings, with signs and windows blown out as well. A number of trees and power lines were also knocked down in the area. Some smaller storage buildings were damaged as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2004
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: 5387438.