High winds from the July 7th thunderstorm caused sporadic tree damage throughout the eastern portion of Fort Smith.  Damage assessments conducted by the Fort Smith Department of Sanitation indicate the damage was confined, primarily, to an area north of Zero Street and east of I-540.  Special collection of tree debris in the affected neighborhoods listed below will be conducted through July 21st:

Applegate

Breckenridge

March 2012 will go into the record books as the warmest March on record in Fort Smith. The average temperature for the month was 63.6 degrees was a full one degree warmer than the previous record set in March of 1907.

Rainfall was also above normal for March in both Fort Smith and Fayetteville. Fort Smith received over 8 inches of rain, 4 inches above normal for the month making it the 7th wettest March on record. Fayetteville recorded nearly 5 inches of rain, more than half an inch above the monthly average.