On the 9th, rain became extremely heavy. This was mainly due to a lot of moisture in the atmosphere and a very slow storm movement.
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On the 9th, rain became extremely heavy. This was mainly due to a lot of moisture in the atmosphere and a very slow storm movement.
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 May 9, 12:39 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 139 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION FORMING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE RESIDUAL BOUNDARY OVER FAR E-SE AR...& IN HIGHEST THETA-E AIR. STRONGEST STORMS OVER PHILLIPS COUNTY & SW...WITH SOME DEVELOPMENT SW INTO THE HIGH THETA AIR. ALSO SEEING ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ACROSS THE STATE DEVELOPING WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING...& WITH THE IN PLACE MOIST & UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. 12Z KLZK SOUNDING HAD A PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 1.30 INCHES...LI OF -6...CAPE 2600 J/KG. MAIN SURGE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY STILL WELL WEST OF AR...BUT WILL HELP IN FAR W-SW AREAS OF STATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT THIS EVENING...CHANCE POP SHOULD COVER THE EVENING HOURS...WITH AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE PULSE STORM POSSIBLE. AFTER SUNSET... DIURNAL POP WILL LOWER TO 20-30 PERCENT. THE UPPER LOW DOES MAKE SOME PROGRESS EAST...WITH INITIAL MOVEMENT WELL DEPICTED BY ALL MODELS. THURSDAY APPEARS TO BE THE BEST CONVECTION DAY OVER AR...AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES CLOSER TO THE STATE...& THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY LIFTS NE OVER AR. CURRENT MODELS TRENDS TAKE POP TO LIKELY CAT...& HAVE TRENDED IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF CWA WITH PROXIMITY TO LOW. MAY HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF AR TO LIKELY IN NEXT FORECAST. THE IN PLACE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN MOIST (PW VALUES 1-1.5 INCHES) & UNSTABLE (LI -3 TO -7) OVER AR. NOT IN A SLIGHT RISK AT THIS TIME...BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EVENING. THURSDAY NIGHT... MODELS ARE HINTING ON A SE MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOW...TAKING MORE OF THE ENERGY SOUTH. THIS WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDED ON THE SUB- TROPICAL LOW OFF THE NE FL COAST. IT IS CURRENTLY PROGGED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN & DRIFT NE...BUT IT COULD SLOW THE UPPER LOW. POP CHANCES LOWER INTO FRIDAY AS THE LOW DOES MOVE FARTHER E-SE...& A NE-NW FLOW SETS UP OVER AR. SOME ENERGY DOES ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW. FRIDAY NIGHT & INTO SATURDAY... THE CHANCE OF RAIN LOWERS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SYNOPTIC SYSTEM. MAINLY A DIURNAL AFTERNOON & EVENING CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS & THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEATING. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DECAYING SURFACE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTHWARD...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. BY EARLY IN THE WEEK...MODELS SHOWING AN UPPER LOW FORMING IN TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION AT THE SAME TIME A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE PLAINS. THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS BY TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WARM...WITH WIDESPREAD READINGS IN THE 80S. MEX GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO HANDLE THIS WELL...SO STUCK CLOSE TO THOSE NUMBERS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 63 82 64 84 / 50 50 30 40 CAMDEN AR 66 86 65 85 / 50 50 30 40 HARRISON AR 61 77 61 81 / 50 50 30 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 66 84 65 84 / 50 50 30 40 LITTLE ROCK AR 67 85 67 84 / 50 50 30 40 MONTICELLO AR 68 86 67 85 / 50 60 30 40 MOUNT IDA AR 65 83 64 83 / 50 60 30 40 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 61 79 61 83 / 50 50 30 40 NEWPORT AR 64 84 64 85 / 50 50 30 40 PINE BLUFF AR 65 86 67 85 / 50 50 30 40 RUSSELLVILLE AR 64 81 63 83 / 50 50 30 40 SEARCY AR 65 84 65 84 / 50 50 30 40 STUTTGART AR 67 85 66 85 / 50 50 30 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...59 / LONG TERM...57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101000- 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 WED MAY 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE UPPER LEVEL TROF AND UPPER LOW THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES IS FINALLY GOING TO LIFT OUT AND PROGRESSES TOWARDS THE EAST. PLENTY OF WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO BORDERLINE SEVERE SHOULD THEY DEVELOP ON ANY LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES LURKING FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS CONVECTION. ISOLATED STRONG WINDS OR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS TIME WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING RAIN THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH DAY DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING. ONCE AGAIN...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE. HOWEVER...THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN WITH TIME AS IT APPROACHES THE NATURAL STATE. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE SYSTEM WILL FINALLY CLEAR THE REGION BY EARLY SUNDAY WITH A GENERALLY DRY FORECAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. .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. 56
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down off Arkansas Highway 110, near Bud Brown Hill.
Lightning set a barn on fire.
Cars were hydroplaning off Interstate 30 due to high water between Arkadelphia and Caddo Valley. Also, many of the county roads in the northern half of Clark County had water over them.
Parts of the road were flooded at Crosby and Foster Chapel roads.
Arkansas Highway 7 was flooded north of Bismarck.
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, May 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: 26717, 35509, 26715, 26716, 35508, 26712, 26713.