A cold front moved into Northeast Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 28th, 2007. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front, some of which produced flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A cold front moved into Northeast Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 28th, 2007. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front, some of which produced flash flooding.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 2:21 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 321 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE HEAT IS ON TODAY AS MANY LOCATIONS ARE TOPPING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. TODAY/S READINGS ARE ONE OF THE HOTTEST SO FAR THIS YEAR. LUCKILY SOME RELIEF IS ON THE WAY IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS DEVELOPED AFTER NOON AND ARE CONTINUING TO SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL OCCURRED EARLIER. DID NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM MOS GUIDANCE NUMBERS AS THEY LOOK FAIRLY REASONABLE. SUNDAY WILL NOT BE AS HOT AS THIS FRONT SLOWLY WAVERS SOUTH. ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND EXPECTED RAINFALL WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. COVERAGE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. MORE OF THE SAME SUNDAY NIGHT AS THESE WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS CONTINUE WITH CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTION AROUND. IN BOTH CASES FOLLOWED GUIDANCE NUMBERS FAIRLY CLOSELY. ONCE AGAIN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON SUNDAY. MONDAY WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO SUNDAY AS THIS FRONT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE MIDSOUTH. FINALLY...TUESDAY SHOWS SOME PROGRESS WITH THE FRONT MOVING FURTHER SOUTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAIN OVER THE AREA. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE QUESTIONABLE AT THIS POINT AS THE GFS IS DEFINITELY THE OUTLIER MODEL. THE CANADIAN AND ECMWF MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE UPPER RIDGE HOLDING STRONG RESULTING IN HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS REMAINING OVER THE MIDSOUTH. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE GFS DEVELOPS THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW WHICH MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS SOLUTION IS A STARK CONTRAST FROM PREVIOUS RUNS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CONSISTENCY BEFORE JUMPING ON BOARD. SO FOR THE TIME BEING...HAVE SIDED WITH THE CANADIAN AND ECMWF AND GONE WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 76 92 75 92 / 50 60 40 40 MKL 72 91 71 92 / 30 40 20 20 JBR 74 91 72 92 / 40 40 30 30 TUP 74 93 74 93 / 30 60 40 40 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && KNS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 336 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-292245- ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)- MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 336 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORREST CITY AR...TO HOLLY SPRINGS MS...TO CORINTH MS THROUGH 9 PM CDT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY DEVELOP WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ON SUNDAY. THE BEST TIME FRAME FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KNS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 205 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ARZ009-282000- CLAY AR- 205 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...CLAY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CORNING AT 205 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN CLAY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CORNING...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 228 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ARZ028-MOZ115-282030- MISSISSIPPI AR-PEMISCOT MO- 228 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...MISSISSIPPI AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF COOTER AT 228 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLYTHEVILLE AND STEELE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 246 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ARZ008-282045- RANDOLPH AR- 246 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...RANDOLPH COUNTY. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM 6 MILES EAST OF MAYNARD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF DALTON AT 246 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF POCAHONTAS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 326 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ARZ017-282130- LAWRENCE AR- 326 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...LAWRENCE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLEGE CITY AT 326 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK ROCK... HOXIE AND WALNUT RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 433 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ARZ028-282215- MISSISSIPPI AR- 433 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...MISSISSIPPI COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER LEACHVILLE AT 433 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLYTHEVILLE... GOSNELL...KEISER...LEACHVILLE...LUXORA...MANILA AND OSCEOLA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 453 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ARZ026-027-282245- CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR- 453 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...CRAIGHEAD AND POINSETT COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD AT 453 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAY...BONO...BROOKLAND...CARAWAY...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...MONETTE AND TRUMANN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Jonesboro. Water covered several roadways in the area including Curtview Drive and Stadium Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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