Arkansas, 2007High Wind and Strong Wind in Arkansas, April 11, 2007
April 11, 2007 · NWS LZK · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
A deep low pressure system to the north of Arkansas produced strong winds over Arkansas. During the afternoon, scattered showers developed over the northern half of the state.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- 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.
A deep low pressure system to the north of Arkansas produced strong winds over Arkansas. During the afternoon, scattered showers developed over the northern half of the state. Downdrafts associated with these showers caused winds to become even stronger in areas near the showers.
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 Apr 11, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1232 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007
.AVIATION...
DRY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL KEEP MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN
THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH LAST NIGHT. LOW
CLOUDS WILL LINGER SOMEWHAT ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER BECAUSE OF
CIRCULATION AROUND THE STRONG SURFACE LOW OVER MISSOURI. SINCE
THIS LOW IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA...DO NOT EXPECT ANY
SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE TOWARD THE SOUTH. AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY...THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER DARK.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN DURING THE DAYTIME ON
THURSDAY...BUT GUSTS WILL NO BE PREVALENT NOR AS STRONG AS TODAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1050 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007/
UPDATE...
CDFNT CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE MS RVR AND SLOLY HEADING EWD.
GUSTY WLY WINDS BEHIND THE FNT WL CONT TO USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE
FA THIS AFTN. HAVE SEEN GUSTS ABV 30 MPH OVR PARTS OF NRN AR LATE
THIS MRNG...WITH LAKE WIND ADVY ALREADY IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING.
UPDATED FCST TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TEMP AND CLOUD TRENDS. EXPECT
LOW CLOUDS TO ROTATE ACRS NRN AR THIS AFTN...ASSOCD WITH FLOW ARND
DEPARTING STORM SYS. PLACED A SLGT CHC OF SPRINKLES IN THE NRN ZNS
FOR THIS AFTN AS WELL. REST OF FCST IN GOOD SHAPE...WITH UPDATES
ALREADY SENT. /44/
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 658 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007/
AVIATION...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH EASTERN ARKANSAS.
SHOWERS WILL END IN THE SOUTH AND EAST THIS MORNING. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH SCT-BKN050 OVER THE AREA BEFORE
CLEARING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTY
WEST WINDS. GUSTS TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
THIS EVENING AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 439 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007/
SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
MCS DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...AND TRACKED
ALONG AND NORTH OF A WARM FRONT IN LOUISIANA. LOTS OF REPORTS OF
HAIL WITH THE STORMS.
BY 430 AM...STORMS WERE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND HAD
WEAKENED. A FEW SHOWERS LINGERED FARTHER TO THE WEST.
KEPT SMALL POPS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...WITH RAPID
CLEARING FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI WILL TRACK TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...AND WILL DRAG A COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE STATE. STRONG/GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED BEHIND
THE FRONT...WITH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY POSTED TODAY.
OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH THURSDAY. NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY
FRIDAY...WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND CHANCES FOR MORE PRECIPITATION.
LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWING SYSTEM TRACKING FARTHER SOUTH...SO WILL
NOT GET QUITE AS WARM/UNSTABLE AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. STILL A
SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN...BUT MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
STATE.
BY SATURDAY MORNING...STORMS GONE WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND
LEFTOVER RAIN. WILL BE COOLER AS WELL TO END THE PERIOD. (46)
LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BEGIN THE PERIOD OVER ARKANSAS.
THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF ARKANSAS ON MONDAY AND
RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP. THIS WILL IN TURN BRING MORE MOISTURE TO
THE AREA. WILL INCLUDE SMALL POPS IN THE WEST BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. DECIDED ON CHANCE POPS FOR ALL OF TUESDAY AS
THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES SLOWLY AND MAY EVEN STALL ACROSS ARKANSAS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL ON SUNDAY BUT WARMING TO NEAR
NORMAL ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. (51)
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR 40 66 46 64 / 10 10 10 80
CAMDEN AR 42 73 52 72 / 10 10 10 80
HARRISON AR 35 64 42 59 / 10 10 20 80
HOT SPRINGS AR 41 71 48 69 / 10 10 10 80
LITTLE ROCK AR 42 70 50 70 / 10 10 10 80
MONTICELLO AR 41 72 50 74 / 10 10 10 80
MOUNT IDA AR 39 71 45 66 / 10 10 20 80
MOUNTAIN HOME AR 37 64 43 58 / 10 10 20 80
NEWPORT AR 41 66 48 67 / 10 10 10 80
PINE BLUFF AR 42 71 52 72 / 10 10 10 80
RUSSELLVILLE AR 39 68 45 64 / 10 10 20 80
SEARCY AR 42 68 49 69 / 10 10 10 80
STUTTGART AR 43 70 52 71 / 10 10 10 80
&&
.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 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.
&&
AVIATION...32
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 4:00 AM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-121000-
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-
500 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY WEATHER WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY...AS
A NEW SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE ROCKIES. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL APPROACH
FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY AND CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE.
A WARM AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE...WITH A LOT OF
ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. IT APPEARS THAT SOME
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH
COOLER WEATHER TO RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND. WARMING TEMPERATURES ARE
THEN EXPECTED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ON
TUESDAY AND BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
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Event by event
2 high wind, 1 strong wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Baxter
- When
- April 11, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Baxter forecast zone
- Measured
- 30 kt (35 mph) estimated gust
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 36.287, -92.337 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A couple went fishing on Lake Norfork (near Jordan) in a flat-bottom johnboat-type vessel. During the day, they fished in a cove. During the afternoon, while attempting to return to their launching point, they got out into the main channel of the lake where winds were producing swells estimated up to four feet high. Waves began going over the front of the boat and eventually swamped the boat. A woman in the boat drowned and her husband was taken by helicopter to the hospital, where he was treated for hypothermia and water ingestion.
High Wind, Johnson
- When
- April 11, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
A few trees were blown down and a window was blown out at a business.
High Wind, Garland
- When
- April 11, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Garland forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees were blown down. One tree fell on a house, trapping two people inside. There were no injuries.
Funnel Cloud, Independence
- When
- April 11, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County, 0.56 mi E of Oil Trough
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -91.460
A small funnel cloud was observed to the southeast of Oil Trough. The funnel cloud was far above the ground and was not extending very far down from the base of the cumulus cloud from which it developed.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, April 11, 20071 death · $190,000 · 19 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 11, 2007$343,000 · EF2 · 39 events
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, April 11, 20071 death · 1 injured · $17,000 · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 11, 20071 injured · $183,000 · EF1 · 44 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 11, 2007$343,000 · 1.75 in hail · 37 events
- Hail in Georgia, April 11 to 12, 2007$80,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 11, 20071 injured · $40,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 11, 2007$22,000 · 1.25 in hail · 20 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 11, 2007$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events
- High Wind in California, April 11 to 12, 2007$35,000 · 63 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 11, 2007$26,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 11, 2007$20,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
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: 14863, 24571, 24573, 24471.