A new cold front pushed into Arkansas during the evening of the 25th. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed in areas mainly south of Little Rock.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A new cold front pushed into Arkansas during the evening of the 25th. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed in areas mainly south of Little Rock.
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 Feb 25, 6:00 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 .AVIATION... COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOMEWHAT SLOWER THAN EXPECTED FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS...SO WINDS HAVE NOT BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY YET. THE SURFACE LOW ACTUALLY HAS INCREASED ITS CENTRAL PRESSURE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. STILL EXPECT A FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SOME STORMS FORMING OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND SNOW FLURRIES MAY BE VISIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY SUNRISE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO TEXAS. INSTABILITY HAS BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH DEWPOINTS OVER 50 DEGREES IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 60S/70S FROM LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWARD. THIS SETTING THE STAGE FOR AT LEAST SOME SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. APPEARS CAPE VALUES WILL REACH 500 TO 1000 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND PERHAPS A LITTLE HIGHER IF MORE APPRECIABLE DEWPOINTS ARRIVE. LOOKING FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO POP UP BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM CST...AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. OTHER THAN WINDS/HAIL...HELICITY VALUES WILL BE IN 200 TO 300 M2/S2 RANGE...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. FRONT WILL EXIT THE STATE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WIND SURROUNDING THE FRONT...WITH GUSTY SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT. HAVE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN MUCH OF ARKANSAS AS A RESULT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY...WITH COOLER AIR NOTED. KEPT LAKE WIND ADVISORY POSTED IN MOST AREAS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BY EVENING...WITH WINDS DECREASING. THE HIGH WILL PROVIDE DRY WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WILL EXIT TO THE EAST ON THURSDAY...WITH RETURN FLOW BRINGING MOISTURE/INCREASING CLOUDS THURSDAY NIGHT. NEXT STORM SYSTEM ON THE HORIZON...AND ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL USE A BLEND OF MODEL SOLUTIONS. THE UPPER LEVELS WILL GO THROUGH A TRANSITION PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE...TO BEGIN THE PERIOD...HIGH PRESSURE IS OVER THE EAST COAST AND LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS LOW PRESSURE AND A PARENT LOW IN THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING A COLD FRONT INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING...SO WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY. PRECIP SHOULD END FRIDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE PLAINS SUNDAY. MOISTURE AGAIN INCREASES FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A STRENGTHENING SYSTEM AND WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE THE BEST LIFT ON FRIDAY AND SUNDAY...BUT WILL KEEP SMALL POPS INTO MONDAY. GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE ECMWF WITH THE SUNDAY SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 38 45 26 48 / 60 10 0 0 CAMDEN AR 44 58 30 56 / 50 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 32 39 24 46 / 30 10 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 44 53 30 54 / 40 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 43 51 30 53 / 60 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 44 57 30 54 / 70 10 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 40 52 24 55 / 30 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 35 41 24 47 / 30 10 0 0 NEWPORT AR 39 47 27 48 / 60 10 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 44 52 31 52 / 70 10 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 36 50 24 52 / 30 10 0 0 SEARCY AR 41 49 26 51 / 60 10 0 0 STUTTGART AR 43 49 30 51 / 70 10 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY 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. && AVIATION...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 745 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261100- 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- 745 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM TUESDAY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS... A COLD FRONT WAS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WAS INCREASING RAPIDLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE GULF COAST...WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S. THESE HIGHER DEWPOINTS HAVE MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE 60S. THE COMBINATION OF WARMING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE THE FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. IT APPEARS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL POP UP ANY TIME AFTER 730 THIS EVENING...MAINLY FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTH ARKANSAS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH 2 AM. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL TURN WITH HEIGHT SURROUNDING THE FRONT...WHICH MAY CAUSE A FEW STORMS TO ROTATE. GIVEN THIS... ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY...WITH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINING IN EFFECT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE PLAINS TOWARD EVENING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT. THE HIGH WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND LESS WIND ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF ARKANSAS LATE THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTH ARKANSAS EARLY FRIDAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH LATE IN THE WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION AND A ROUND OF COLD AIR TO FOLLOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 46/32
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 858 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ARZ066-067-260400- CALHOUN-OUACHITA- 858 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT CALHOUN AND OUACHITA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CST... AT 855 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PUSHING ACROSS OUACHITA COUNTY...AND MOVING TOWARD CALHOUN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL...ONE HALF INCH OR LESS...IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS... AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN AND OUACHITA COUNTIES...INCLUDING BEARDEN...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. 59
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 938 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ARZ063-068-260440- BRADLEY-CLEVELAND- 938 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT BRADLEY AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CST... AT 934 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...OVER CALHOUN COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER BRADLEY AND CLEVELAND OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SMALL HAIL...ONE HALF INCH OR LESS...IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS... AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN BRADLEY AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES...INCLUDING RYE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. 59
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were trees down on an abandoned mobile home. Reports of pea size hail were received across county.
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