Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 4, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 4, 2005
Start: 2005-07-04T19:45
End: 2005-07-04T19:45
Location: Arkansas

July 4, 2005 · NWS LZK · 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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 2:53 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:53 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
353 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

.SHORT TERM......TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
LOCAL RADARS INDICATE AN AREA OF CONVECTION AFFECTING EXTREME
NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...IN A REGION OF THE
GREATEST BALANCE OF SHEAR AND INSTABILITY. SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM
NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME...TO MENA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOUNDARY
IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAK WITH THIS FEATURE.  STILL EXPECT ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH LATE TUESDAY...BEFORE THE BOUNDARY
WASHES OUT.

&&

.LONG TERM......THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
TROPICAL SYSTEM NO. 3 WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
EARLY FRIDAY. THE EFFECTS OF THIS SYSTEM BEING TO THE EAST OF THE
FORECAST AREA WILL BE NORTHEAST WINDS...WHICH TYPICALLY BRING COOLER
AND DRIER AIR TO THE STATE...ALONG WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES UNDER THE
SUBSIDENCE ZONE.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEDGE ITS WAY INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THE PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OUT TO
MAKE FOR A GORGEOUS WEEKEND...ASSUMING YOU ENJOY PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
AND DRY WEATHER. BUT ITS NOT A GOOD THING FOR THE ONGOING DROUGHT.
NO PRECIP ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. I DROPPED TEMPERATURES A
1-2 DEGREES ON HIGHS AND 2-3 DEGREES ON LOWS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
COOLER WEATHER. DROPPED DEW POINTS 3-4 DEGREES AS WELL.

ALL LONG RANGE MODELS PICKING UP ON A NEW TROPICAL DISTURBANCE
...CURRENTLY AROUND 62W 11N. THE LATEST GFS BRING THIS SYSTEM OVER
FLORIDA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...LOOKS LIKE THE
SYSTEM WILL STAY EAST OF ARKANSAS. THIS MEANS WELL BE IN THE AREA
OF WRAP AROUND DRY AIR. EXPECT NO PRECIP INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK IF
THIS PANS OUT...WITH CONTINUED TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

CONFIDENCE ON EXTENDED FORECAST FAIRLY GOOD...6/10. WHAT THE GFS IS
DELIVERING FOR THE SOLUTION TO THE WEATHER QUESTION LOOKS ABSOLUTELY
REASONABLE GIVEN THE EXPECTED SCENARIO.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK   AR  72  90  71  92 /  30  30  30  10
HARRISON AR       67  87  65  87 /  40  30  30  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    72  90  70  92 /  40  30  30  10
PINE BLUFF AR     74  91  71  92 /  30  30  30  20
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  66  86  65  87 /  40  30  30  10
MONTICELLO AR     75  92  72  92 /  20  30  30  20
SEARCY AR         71  89  70  91 /  40  30  30  10
MOUNT IDA AR      72  90  69  92 /  30  30  30  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   70  89  69  92 /  40  30  30  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...55 / LONG TERM...220

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 6:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
700 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-051000-
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-
700 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL U.S.
THROUGH THIS PERIOD. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING SMALL CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS SUBSIDENCE INCREASES THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY THE AREA SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

&&

FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:53 PM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
253 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

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

0235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N PINEVILLE           36.23N 92.10W
07/04/2005                   IZARD              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN 5 MILES NORTH OF PINEVELLIE ON
            HIGHWAY 223.

&&

GOUDSWARD

Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:07 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
507 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

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

0503 PM     HAIL             BRADFORD                35.42N 91.46W
07/04/2005  1.00 INCH        WHITE              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0423 PM     TSTM WND GST     OIL TROUGH              35.63N 91.46W
07/04/2005  61 MPH           INDEPENDENCE       AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GOUDSWARD

Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:39 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
639 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2005

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEEDEVILLE              35.43N 91.12W
07/04/2005                   JACKSON            AR   PUBLIC

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

GOUDSWARD

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Prairie

When: July 4, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Prairie County, Des Arc
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.967, -91.500

Trees and power lines downed.

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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, July 2005

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: 5463291.