High pressure began to weaken a bit on August 17th, with a cold front allowed to sag into northern Arkansas from Missouri. A few thunderstorms developed near the front.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
High pressure began to weaken a bit on August 17th, with a cold front allowed to sag into northern Arkansas from Missouri. A few thunderstorms developed near the front.
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 17, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 205 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 .DISCUSSION... HAD TO BUMP TEMPS A FEW DEGREES EARLY...BASED ON TRENDS...& CIRRUS SHIELD FROM ERIN NOT AS EXTENSIVE AS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL & SOUTHERN PARTS OF AR. THIS PRODUCED HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 105 FOR 3 HOURS OR MORE IN CENTRAL & SOUTHERN SPOTS...SO ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL & SOUTHERN PARTS OF AR. OTHERWISE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY...OR PRESSURE TROUGH...QUITE DIFFUSE OVER NORTHERN AR...WITH A NE WIND FLOW & A BIT LOWER DEW POINT TEMPS TO THE NE OVER MO. CU FIELD HAS FORMED...& MAY STILL SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING...BEFORE HEATING IS LOST AFTER SUNSET...SO HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE EVENING PERIOD. THIS BOUNDARY IS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE MUCH PROGRESS SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD SAG A BIT MORE OVERNIGHT. PRECIP WATER VALUES REMAIN A BIT LOW WITH 1.40 INCHES. THE REMNANTS OF ERIN CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER NW TX...AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE. AMOUNT OF ENERGY IT WILL SPREAD EAST IS STILL A QUESTION MARK. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT MODEL GUIDANCE NOW HAS GREATEST CHANCE OF POP...30-50% ON SATURDAY...WITH THE INFLUENCE OF ANY ENERGY FROM ERIN...& THE WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS AR. THIS LOOKS BETTER THAN PREVIOUS SUNDAY WITH GREATEST POP. BY SUNDAY...THE WASHED OUT BOUNDARY WILL LIFT BACK NORTHWARD AS THE SURFACE LOW IN THE WESTERN PLAINS LIFTS NE...WHILE THE MODELS ARE QUITE UNCERTAIN WITH AMOUNT OF ENERGY SPREADING TO SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM ERIN. GFS SPREADS SOME EAST...BUT THEN RETROGRADES THE CENTER BACK TO THE SW. NAM PULLS MUCH OF IT FARTHER NW-N OF ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY...A BIT CLOSER SUNDAY...BUT WITH OVERALL UNCERTAIN AFFECTS. SO HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE CAT ON SATURDAY...WHILE SLIGHT CHANCE SUNDAY. TEMPS WILL BE TRIMMED BACK TO LOWER 90S NORTH...MID & UPPER 90S CENTRAL & SOUTH. ALSO...THE UPPER RIDGE DRIFTS MORE EAST...WITH THE CENTER CLOSER TO THE SE U.S. THIS WILL ALSO HELP CUT TEMPS. FOR MONDAY...SURFACE & UPPER RIDGING WILL BE TO THE EAST...WHILE A SE-S FLOW KEEPS MOISTURE LEVELS UP OVER THE AREA. TEMPS WILL COME BACK CLOSER TO NORMALS...WITH NOT AS MANY TEMPS IN THE UPPER 90S. AFTERNOON & EARLY EVENING POPS WILL ALSO BE BACK IN THE FORECAST. A MORE PROGRESSIVE FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE U.S. HAS WEATHER SYSTEM COMING CLOSER TO AR. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BY EARLY TUESDAY...HURRICANE DEAN WILL BE COMING INTO THE PICTURE AS IT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. RELATIVELY HIGHER MEAN RH WILL BE OVER OUR AREA AND THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES TOO WILL BE RELATIVELY COOLER THAN IN RECENT DAYS...YET STILL HOT AND HUMID. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 74 94 72 91 / 20 30 30 30 CAMDEN AR 73 95 72 93 / 20 20 30 30 HARRISON AR 72 91 69 89 / 20 40 30 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 73 93 71 93 / 10 30 30 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 76 95 74 95 / 10 20 30 30 MONTICELLO AR 76 97 74 95 / 10 20 30 30 MOUNT IDA AR 72 92 70 92 / 20 30 30 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 72 92 70 89 / 20 40 30 30 NEWPORT AR 76 97 74 94 / 20 30 30 30 PINE BLUFF AR 75 96 74 95 / 10 20 30 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 75 92 72 90 / 20 30 30 30 SEARCY AR 75 95 73 92 / 20 20 30 30 STUTTGART AR 76 95 74 94 / 10 20 30 30 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ARKANSAS-BRADLEY- CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-OUACHITA-PIKE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WHITE-WOODRUFF. && SHORT TERM...59 / LONG TERM...38
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1040 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-181000- 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- 1040 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM CDT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 105. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN RECENT DAYS. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES IN THE RANGE OF 100 TO 104 DEGREES OVER MANY AREAS. SOME AREAS HOWEVER...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS...WILL REACH A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES OR MORE. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN AND THE APPROACH OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS COULD OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 38
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees were reported down on Arkansas Highway 9 one mile south of Salem.
Trees and power lines were downed in the city of Salem.
Trees and power lines were downed.
Trees were downed just southwest of town on Arkansas Highway 9.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 44556, 44557, 44566, 44568.