An upper level low pressure system passed across Arkansas on the 27th, producing isolated severe thunderstorms over the central and southern parts of the state.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
An upper level low pressure system passed across Arkansas on the 27th, producing isolated severe thunderstorms over the central and southern parts of the state.
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 Mar 27, 2:00 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WEAKENING SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE PAST THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA MAINLY THIS EVENING BUT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS BEHIND THE SYSTEM MAY LAST THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHEAST. PUT IN LIKELY POPS FOR EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH POPS DECREASING LATE THEN CONTINUED SMALL POPS MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEAK RIDGING BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND AHEAD OF THE STRONG UPPER LOW TO THE WEST WILL COVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP THINGS DRY ALTHOUGH ENOUGH WARMTH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE AROUND THAT SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WILL KEEP POPS BELOW THRESHOLD FOR NOW. CLOUDS SHOULD DECREASE WEDNESDAY AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO REACH THE LOWER 80S IN MOST AREAS. THE UPPER LOW WILL STAY IN THE HIGH PLAINS/ROCKIES AREA FOR AWHILE AND STILL SOME QUESTION ON WHEN IT WILL ACTUALLY COME OUT. APPEARS THE MAIN CONVECTION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL HOLD TO THE WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY AND MAY POSSIBLY HOLD OFF THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. WILL DROP ALL MENTION OF PRECIP FOR THURSDAY THEN HAVE SMALL POPS IN THE WEST TO START THURSDAY NIGHT WITH POPS INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT KEEPING HIGHER POPS TO THE WEST. BASICALLY KEPT THIS PATTERN FOR FRIDAY. THERE ARE SIGNS THE UPPER LOW WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BRING THE MAIN PRECIP ACROSS ON FRIDAY NIGHT SO WENT WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE AREA FOR NOW BUT THIS COULD END UP BEING DELAYED. CONTINUED WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S FOR MOST AREAS THURSDAY THEN BACKED OFF A LITTLE ON MAXES FRIDAY DUE TO MORE ANTICIPATED CLOUDS. MINS WILL LIKELY STAY CLOSE TO PERSISTENECE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. && .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TIMING OF UPPER TROF PASSAGE WILL BE MAIN CONCERN FOR SATURDAY...AS MODELS NOT CONSISTENT IN TIMING OF FEATURE. FOR NOW...HAVE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WITH DRY WEATHER FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM LOOKS TO MOVE SOUTH FROM MISSOURI ON TUESDAY...AND HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WITH THIS FEATURE. GUIDANCE HAS WARMED UP TEMPS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT NOT BUYING INTO WARMUP SO HELD TEMPS A CATEGORY OR TWO COOLER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 60 81 60 81 / 70 30 10 10 CAMDEN AR 62 84 62 85 / 60 10 10 10 HARRISON AR 59 80 59 80 / 60 20 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 62 83 62 83 / 60 10 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 62 83 62 83 / 60 20 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 62 84 62 85 / 70 10 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 62 83 61 83 / 60 10 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 59 79 59 80 / 60 20 10 10 NEWPORT AR 61 81 60 82 / 70 30 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 62 83 62 84 / 70 10 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 61 82 60 82 / 60 10 10 10 SEARCY AR 62 82 61 83 / 70 20 10 10 STUTTGART AR 62 83 62 83 / 70 20 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...29 / LONG TERM...58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1245 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000- 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- 1245 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE MID SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A MOUNT IDA...TO STUTTGART LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NATURAL STATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. THE EXACT TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BECOME BETTER KNOWN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DRIER AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE REGION BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Six large trees were reported down. Shingles were blown off the roof of a home. A camper and trampoline were thrown.
Minor structural damage occurred along U.S. 70 at the Hot Spring and Garland County line.
A mobile home was destroyed when it was blown off its block and split in half. Much of the roof of a house was torn off, as was part of the roof of another house. A number of trees were blown down or snapped off.
A roof was blown off a barn and shingles were blown off two houses. A TV antenna was blown down at a house. A number of trees were snapped off.
Several trees were snapped off or uprooted.
A few trees were blown down.
Several trees were blown down.
A large tree was knocked down.
A pickup truck pulling a camper trailer was overturned.
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, March 2007
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