An isolated severe thunderstorm developed during 100+ degree temperatures on the 13th. The storm produced damaging wind gusts and hail in parts of Cave City.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm developed during 100+ degree temperatures on the 13th. The storm produced damaging wind gusts and hail in parts of Cave City.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 1:12 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 212 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS. THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE A STRONGHOLD OF ARKANSAS WEATHER THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN EXPECTED. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL YIELD HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES EACH DAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT.(38) && .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE H5 RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO FLATTEN OUT DURING THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WHILE THE 850 MB RIDGE SHIFTS TO THE SERN US. THIS WILL OPEN UP THE STATE OF ARKANSAS TO AN INFLUX OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF. THE INFLUX OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...ALONG WITH THE FLATTENING OF THE RIDGE...COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. I HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SATURDAY THRU MONDAY...BUT HAVE OPTED TO HOLD OFF INTRODUCING POPS ON FRIDAY. ALSO OF INTEREST IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL ACTIVITY. VARIOUS MODELS HAVE ALTERNATED BETWEEN MOVING A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE INTO THE SERN US TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULL BLOWN TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE GULF. THE LAST SEVERAL GFS RUNS HAVE PICKED UP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR WHICH THE NHC IS NOW ISSUING ADVISORIES FOR...HOWEVER THE GFS HAS ALSO ALTERNATED BETWEEN TAKING THIS SYSTEM INTO THE GULF OR UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS SYSTEM AS IT DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 53 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 75 104 75 104 / 0 0 0 0 CAMDEN AR 73 102 73 102 / 0 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 72 100 72 100 / 0 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 77 106 77 106 / 0 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 79 106 79 106 / 0 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 72 103 72 103 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 70 103 73 103 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 73 105 73 105 / 0 0 0 0 NEWPORT AR 75 103 76 103 / 0 0 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 75 102 75 102 / 0 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 76 107 76 107 / 0 0 0 0 SEARCY AR 73 104 73 104 / 0 0 0 0 STUTTGART AR 73 103 73 103 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE- BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA- DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI- SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL. && SHORT TERM...38 / LONG TERM...53
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 500 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...WILL AGAIN PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES. THUS...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS. WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH READINGS ONLY FALLING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. THIS MEANS LITTLE COOLING WILL BE FELT OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY...AND MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED FURTHER OUT IN TIME LATER THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 105 DEGREES OVER NORTH ARKANSAS...WITH 105 TO 110 DEGREES COMMON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:07 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down, with one of the trees falling on a pickup truck. Shingles were blown off roofs. Signs at businesses were destroyed.
Hail up to the size of quarters fell.
A shop was blown off a house, with some of the debris traveling as much as 500 yards. A storage building at a residence was blown 200 yards, ending up in a pond. Barns and outbuildings were damaged. Trampolines were blown across yards. Trees and power lines were blown down. One of the trees was quite large and hit the corner of a house as it fell.
Hail up to the size of quarters fell.
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