Thunderstorm Wind in Pike County, Arkansas
Thunderstorm Wind April 28, 2020 · Pike County, Arkansas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Trees were reported blown down.
The wider storm
Locally, there was a lot of wind. Trees were pushed over (on homes and cars in a few cases) at numerous locations. At least 30,000 power outages occurred. A 67 mph wind gust was measured at Fargo (Monroe County). Other gusts (estimated or measured) included 65 mph at Cabot (Lonoke County), 60 mph at Paris (Logan County), 59 mph at Batesville (Independence County), 55 mph at Conway (Faulkner County) and Clinton (Van Buren County), 53 mph at the Stuttgart Airport in Fairmount (Prairie County), 52 mph at the Little Rock Air Force Base (Pulaski County) and Mena (Polk County), 51 mph at Carlisle (Lonoke County), and 50 mph at Little Rock National Airport (Pulaski County).
In addition to the wind, ping pong ball size hail was reported at Center Hill (White County), with quarters at De Queen (Sevier County).
Began near Nathan (34.1100, -93.8100).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 882592. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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