Arkansas, 2005Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 14, 2005
August 14, 2005 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 Aug 14, 1:06 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:06 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
206 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005
.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF MY NORTHERN COUNTY WARNING AREA TONIGHT. THE REST OF MY
AREA WILL LIKELY SEE A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY LATER TONIGHT.
GUIDANCE MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY BUT THE OVERALL MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS
IMPRESSIVE. A FEW AREAS ACROSS THE NORTH COULD SEE SOME HEAVY
RAINFALL TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STRONGER STORMS COULD SPREAD INTO
THE CENTRAL SECTIONS TOMORROW IF THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD.
A RELATIVELY DRY DAY CAN BE EXPECTED NEXT SUNDAY.(38)
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK AR 73 93 73 94 / 30 40 20 20
HARRISON AR 69 86 69 90 / 50 50 30 30
HOT SPRINGS AR 73 93 72 94 / 30 40 20 20
PINE BLUFF AR 74 94 73 95 / 30 30 20 20
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 69 86 70 89 / 50 50 30 30
MONTICELLO AR 75 95 73 95 / 30 30 20 20
SEARCY AR 73 92 72 93 / 30 40 30 20
MOUNT IDA AR 73 93 72 94 / 30 40 20 20
RUSSELLVILLE AR 72 91 71 92 / 40 40 30 20
&&
.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
SHORT AND LONG TERM...38
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 11:02 AM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1202 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000-
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-
1202 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS.
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ISOLATED
RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2
INCHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
&&
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Thunderstorm Wind, Independence
- When
- August 14, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County, 3 mi N of Pleasant Plains
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -91.633
Thunderstorm winds blew the roof of a mobile home.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 14, 20051 death · $10,000 · 1 event
- Rip Current in New York, August 14, 20051 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Massachusetts, August 14, 2005$260,000 · 1 in hail · 25 events
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2005$500,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 14 to 16, 2005$165,000 · 24 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 14, 20057 injured · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2005$135,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 2005$100,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 14, 2005$75,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, August 14 to 20, 2005$35,000 · 11 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 14, 2005$44,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 14, 20054 injured · 1 event
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: 5475973.