Arkansas, 2018

Strong Wind in Arkansas, November 25, 2018

November 25, 2018 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A deepening surface low tracking through the Midwest created strong west and northwesterly winds across portions of Northeast Arkansas during the early evening hours of November 25th.

Where it happened

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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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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 MEG wrote it up.

A deepening surface low tracking through the Midwest created strong west and northwesterly winds across portions of Northeast Arkansas during the early evening hours of November 25th.

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 25, 5:38 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 5:38 PM CST, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 6:11 PM CST, 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
611 PM CST Sun Nov 25 2018

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-270215-
Alcorn-Benton MS-Benton TN-Calhoun-Carroll-Chester-Chickasaw-Clay-
Coahoma-Craighead-Crittenden-Crockett-Cross-DeSoto-Decatur-
Dunklin-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Greene-Hardeman-Hardin-Haywood-
Henderson-Henry-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lake-Lauderdale-Lee AR-Lee MS-
Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot-
Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley-
Yalobusha-
611 PM CST Sun Nov 25 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A wind advisory in in effect for Northeast Arkansas...the
Missouri Bootheel...and portions of west Tennessee through
midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

AC3

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Clay

When
November 25, 6:30 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where
Clay forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One tree down on house in the town of Piggot.

Strong Wind, Clay

When
November 25, 6:55 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
Where
Clay forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One tree down on a car in the town of Corning.

What these are

Strong Wind
Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

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: 790660, 790661.