Thunderstorm Wind — Pike, Arkansas

2020-04-28 · near Nathan, Pike, Arkansas

61 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Trees were reported blown down.

Wider weather episode

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).

View location on OpenStreetMap → (34.1100, -93.8100)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 882592. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.