Thunderstorm Wind, Drew
- When
- August 25, 4:11 PM CST
- Where
- Drew County, 1 mi NNW of Monticello
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.643, -91.807
A tree was blown down, knocking down power lines.
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 25, 2007
An outflow boundary, left behind by storms in northern Arkansas on the morning of the 25th, collided with hot, humid air in southeast Arkansas|during the afternoon. The result was isolated severe storms in the southeastern corner of the state during the late afternoon.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
An outflow boundary, left behind by storms in northern Arkansas on the morning of the 25th, collided with hot, humid air in southeast Arkansas|during the afternoon. The result was isolated severe storms in the southeastern corner of the state during the late afternoon.
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 25, 1:40 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 1:40 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 240 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EARLIER CONVECTION ACRS NRN AND WRN AR DIMINISHED RAPIDLY BY LATE MRNG. AN ASSOCD OUTFLOW BNDRY WORKED SEWD THRU THE REST OF THE FA BY EARLY THIS AFTN. A FEW SHRA/TSRA MANAGED TO FORM OVR SERN AR. WITH ADDITIONAL SMALL SCALE BNDRY/S LINGERING OVR THE FA AND A WEAK CDFNT STILL FCST TO DROP SWD INTO AR LATER THIS EVENING...WL LEAVE SMALL POPS IN FOR EARLY TNGT OVR MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME PTCHY FOG MAY FORM LATER TNGT OVR NRN AND WRN AR WHERE RAINS FELL EARLIER TODAY. MODELS RMN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL FCST TRENDS. PREV MENTIONED CDFNT WL CONT DRIFTING SWD AND EVENTUALLY STALL OUT NR THE LA BRDR SUN...WITH A WEAK RDG OF HIGH PRES BLDG IN BEHIND THE FNT. LOOKS LIKE ANY SHRA/TSRA THAT FORMS AHEAD OF THE FNT SUN SHLD RMN S OF THE FA. BNDRY WL MEANDER NR THE AR/LA BRDR THRU MON BEFORE WASHING OUT. AN ISOLD SHRA/TSRA COULD FROM VCNTY OF THE FNT MON AFTN...BUT COVERAGE EXPECTED TO RMN LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP THE FCST DRY. MOISTURE WL BEGIN TO RETURN NWD INTO AR BY TUE AS SLY FLOW INCRS AHEAD OF THE NEXT CDFNT PROGGED TO AFFECT THE AREA LATER IN THE WEEK. PLACED SMALL POPS ACRS THE SRN THIRD OF THE FA TUE AND TUE NGT AS WAA PATTERN INCRS. && .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY GUIDANCE STARTS WEDNESDAY WITH THE MAIN UPPER RIDGE BACK TO THE SW U.S...WITH SOME RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE SE U.S...TO THE NORTH...THE ACTIVE NORTHERN STREAM IS KEEPING MOST INFLUENCES OF FRONTS NORTH OF AR. THE GFS MODEL...THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... HAS THE UPPER TROUGH BUILDING TO THE SE U.S...DOMINATES THE NE U.S...WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SW U.S. & THE ROCKIES. THIS BRINGS THE NW UPPER FLOW TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...& ALLOWS COLD FRONTS TO SAG A BIT FARTHER SOUTH & AFFECT AR. THIS BEING SAID..A COLD FRONT IS DROPPING SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY...BUT DOESNT REACH AR UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY...TO THE MORNING...THEN IT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH & REACH SOUTH AR FRIDAY...THEN TO NORTHERN LA TO SE OK ON SATURDAY. SOME CHANCE OF SHOWERS & ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT SOMEWHAT LIMITED WITH MARGINAL DYNAMICS. SATURDAY THE SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN ENOUGH FOR NO POP IN THE NE AR...WHILE SLIGHT S-SW. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH HOW FAR THE FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH...BUT RECENT TRENDS HAVE SEEN THEM MAKING IT TO SOUTH AR. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF SURROUNDING FRONT...& BE CLOSER TO NORMALS. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...44 / LONG TERM...59
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 3:30 PM CST, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 430 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261000- 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- 430 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WEAK FRONT MOVING THROUGH ARKANSAS WILL SPARK THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ARKADELPHIA TO SHERIDAN TO BRINKLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS OR NORTHERN LOUISIANA BEFORE DISSIPATING EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER ROUND OF DRY AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...WHICH WILL KEEP AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS DOWN AND HEAT INDEX VALUES BELOW 105 DEGREES. EVEN SO...IT WILL REMAIN HOT...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LATER IN THE WEEK...A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT... WITH MORE CLOUDS AND BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IT APPEARS TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF SOMEWHAT SURROUNDING THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 28
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Drew
- When
- August 25, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Drew County, 3 mi E of Monticello
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -91.748
A tree was blown down, knocking down power lines.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, August 25, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 25, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 25, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 25, 2007
- Heat and Hail in Virginia, August 25, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 25, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 25, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 25, 2007
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 25, 2007
- Hail in Nebraska, August 25, 2007
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 25, 2007
- Heat and Hail in Maryland, August 25, 2007
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 2007
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: 47224, 47225.