Thunderstorm Wind, Little River
- When
- May 30, 9:59 AM CST
- Where
- Little River County, Winthrop
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -94.350
A few trees downed in town.
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 30, 2007
southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas allowed for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms during the morning and afternoon hours. A moist and unstable airmass resulted in the thunderstorms producing wind damage.
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
- $22,000
- 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 SHV wrote it up.
An upper level storm system parked across northeast Texas...southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas allowed for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms during the morning and afternoon hours. A moist and unstable airmass resulted in the thunderstorms producing wind damage.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 8:29 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 8:29 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 929 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 .UPDATE... UPDATE TO INCLUDE SVR TSTM WATCH 310 IN EFFECT UNTIL 19Z FOR ALL EAST TX COUNTIES AND RAISE POPS FOR TX/OK/AR ZONES. && .DISCUSSION... MCS CURRENTLY TRACKING SSE THROUGH NCNTRL TX AND SOUTH OK IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MOST OF OUR EAST TX COUNTIES THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS AS MORNING SOUNDING INDICATE MODERATE CAPE VALUES AND LIS BUT LOW HELICITY NUMBERS. THE LAPSE RATE OVER EAST TX IS ON THE ORDER OF AROUND 7 C/KM BUT LOWER OVER NORTH LA. WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER FAR NE TX STILL EXPECT SHOWERS TO CONT TO DEVELOP OVER THE FAR EAST ZONES AS DAYTIME HEATING TAKES PLACE. NO OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FCST. && .AVIATION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER TROUGH DIRECTLY OVER THE FOUR STATE AREA...SLIDING ESE TOWARD MS...WHILE AREA RADARS SHOW A BOW ECHO ENTERING THE OK-ARKLATEX FROM THE NW. MVFR-IFR CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEHIND PASSAGE OF THE BOW ECHO. WE/LL UPDATE TAFS AS NEEDED TO TIME THE BOW ECHO. OVERNIGHT...FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND SATURATED SOILS INDICATE IFR-LIFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT MOST SITES BY SUNRISE...BURNING OFF TO VFR-MVFR BY NOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 83 68 86 68 / 50 20 40 10 MLU 80 67 84 67 / 70 30 40 20 DEQ 82 66 84 65 / 50 20 20 10 TXK 82 66 85 68 / 50 20 20 10 ELD 81 65 84 65 / 50 30 40 10 TYR 84 68 87 69 / 50 10 20 10 GGG 84 67 87 67 / 50 10 20 10 LFK 86 69 87 67 / 50 10 30 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 02/44
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 6:35 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 735 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301705- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 735 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS TODAY. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. STORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS... AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER...EMERGENCY MANAGER...AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGHOUT TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 8:36 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
936 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM TSTM WND DMG 15 WNW IDABEL 33.98N 95.06W
05/30/2007 MCCURTAIN OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 4 MILES WEST OF VALIANT OK
&&
ASTEVENSLocal storm report, May 30, 9:15 AM CST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1015 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N CLARKSVILLE 33.64N 95.06W
05/30/2007 RED RIVER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN DIMPLE TX.
&&
ASTEVENSLocal storm report, May 30, 9:52 AM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1052 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 AM TSTM WND DMG 8 E TALCO 33.36N 94.97W
05/30/2007 TITUS TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN SUGAR HILL TX.
&&
ASTEVENSThe radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:56 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier
- When
- May 30, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sevier County, De Queen
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $22,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -94.330
Trees downed in town and minor roof damage as well. A tree also fell on top of an automobile. No reports of injuries.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 30 to 31, 2007
- Flooding in Nebraska, May 30 to 31, 2007
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, May 30, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, May 30, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 30, 2007
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 30, 2007
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 30, 2007
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 30, 2007
- Hail in Texas, May 30 to 31, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 30, 2007
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 30, 2007
- Hail in Virginia, May 30, 2007
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 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: 27957, 27958.