Thunderstorm Wind — Columbia, Arkansas

2025-09-16 · near Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas

Event narrative

Trees were downed across the west side of Magnolia, including across West North Street, South Heights Street, and Pecan Street.

Wider weather episode

A weak shortwave trough traversed southeast across Southern Arkansas and Northcentral Louisiana during the afternoon of September 16th, as temperatures climbed into the mid and upper 90s. As a result, moderate to strong instability developed given the existing low level moisture in place, with increased large scale ascent contributing to the development of scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of Southern Arkansas and Northcentral Louisiana during the late afternoon and early evening hours. These storms produced instances of damaging winds which downed several trees across Columbia County Arkansas before diminishing during the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290403. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.