Thunderstorm Wind — Dallas, Arkansas

2018-06-08 · near Tulip, Dallas, Arkansas

52 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Trees were blown down in Tulip.

Wider weather episode

On the 8th, it was unstable again in northern and western sections of the state. Scattered thunderstorms popped up quickly in the afternoon. One storm produced golf ball size hail at Flippin (Marion County).

Damaging straight-line winds (60+ mph) downed trees a few miles south-southeast of Washita (Montgomery County), at Caddo Gap (Montgomery County), Tulip (Dallas County), and just south of Mountain Pine (Garland County). Blakely Mountain Dam (Garland County) picked up 2.55 inches of rain, with 2.20 inches near Jessieville (Garland County).

Tragically, a 27-year-old man was struck by lightning while doing construction work in Maumelle (Pulaski County) just after 230 pm CDT. He was transported to a local hospital and eventually passed away.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 768051. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.