Arkansas, 2005

Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 24, 2005

May 24, 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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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 May 24, 2:03 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:03 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
303 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
OBSERVATIONAL DATA INDICATES A MCV...CENTERED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST. INSTABILITY ANALYSIS INDICATES AN AXIS
FROM NEAR CAMDEN...TO NEAR FORT SMITH. FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE
MCV APPEARS TO HAVE WEAKENED THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER IF STORM CAN
BE INITIATED...WOULD EXPECT A SEVERE WIND THREAT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING.

ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE PLAINS
OVERNIGHT...THEN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST. EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA COULD BE AFFECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON
FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS PRECIPITATION WILL WIDELY SCATTERED
AT BEST.

&&

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER
RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A TROUGH OVER NEW
ENGLAND. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL BE RIDING THROUGH THE FLOW KEEPING
SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THROUGH
MUCH OF THE  PERIOD. ALSO...LOW PRESSURE AND A SURFACE FRONT WILL
STAY WEST OF ARKANSAS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. RAIN CHANCES WILL
DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING AND EXIT TO THE EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY
NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK   AR  88  62  83  59 /  40  30  10  10
HARRISON AR       81  58  80  56 /  40  40  10  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    87  63  83  59 /  40  40  20  10
PINE BLUFF AR     89  62  83  59 /  30  20  10  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  81  58  80  55 /  40  30  10  10
MONTICELLO AR     90  63  83  60 /  20  20  10  10
SEARCY AR         87  61  82  58 /  30  30  10  10
MOUNT IDA AR      87  63  83  59 /  50  40  20  20
RUSSELLVILLE AR   85  61  83  58 /  40  40  10  10
&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...55 / LONG TERM....51

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 4:07 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
507 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

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

0455 PM     HAIL             2 W HOT SPRINGS         34.49N 93.09W
05/24/2005  1.75 INCH        GARLAND            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY STATE TROOPER.

&&

BB
Local storm report, May 24, 4:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
540 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

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

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW HOT SPRINGS        34.46N 93.09W
05/24/2005                   GARLAND            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. LARGE HAIL ALSO REPORTED BUT
            SIZE UNKNOWN AT TIME.

&&

BB

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas

When
May 24, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Dallas County, 5 mi S of Princeton
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.917, -92.633

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.

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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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: 5451125.