Heat lead to a death in Arkansas on the 24th.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heat lead to a death in Arkansas on the 24th.
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 Jun 24, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT NELY SFC WINDS HAVE CONTD TO BRING SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION THIS AFTN. TEMPS HAVE BEEN RUNNING A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. THUS...HEAT INDICES HAVE BEEN BORDERLINE ADVY CRITERIA THIS AFTN OVR PARTS OF CNTRL AND SRN AR. PLAN TO LET HEAT ADVY RUN UNTIL 00Z EXPIRATION BASED ON LATEST OBS. THE DRIER TREND HAS ALSO RESULTED IN LTL CONVECTIVE FORMATION IN THE REGION THIS AFTN AND WL GO WITH A DRY FCST THIS EVENING. FOCUS WL CONT TO BE ON THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ACRS THE MID SOUTH INTO THE WEEKEND. UPR RDG IS PROGGED TO RMN CENTERED JUST W OF AR FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MEANWHILE...SFC HIGH PRES WL STAY POSITIONED IN THE REGION TO PROVIDE NELY WINDS ACRS AR INTO FRI...AND THEN WL BEGIN TO SHIFT EWD BY SAT. CONTD WITH PERSISTENCE REGARDING TEMPS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY LVLS WL KEEP AFTN HEAT INDICES JUST BLW ADVY CRITERIA OVR CNTRL AND SRN AR. CONDS MAY APCH ADVY CRITERIA BY THE WEEKEND AS THE SFC HIGH BEGINS TO WORK EWD. RAIN CHCS WL BE LIMITED AS WELL THRU THE SHORT TERM. A WEAK FNTL BNDRY IS FCST TO WORK INTO NERN AR BY FRI. THIS AGAIN LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY /TUE/ REGARDING RAIN CHCS. THUS...WL KEEP POPS BLW THRESHOLD LVLS ATTM AND SEE HOW THINGS PAN OUT. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN U.S...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO APPROACH THE STATE...BUT SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE TIMING OF ITS ARRIVAL EXIST IN THE MODELS. THE GFS BRINGS IT INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE EARLY SUNDAY... WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS IT NORTH OF THE STATE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST EARLY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TIMING DIFFERENCES. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE MODEL RUNS TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY WEATHER LOOK TO RETURN TO THE FORECAST BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARKANSAS-BRADLEY- CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND- GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MONROE- MONTGOMERY-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE- SCOTT-YELL. && SHORT TERM...44 / LONG TERM...60
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2009 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000- 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 JUN 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS. WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AS HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE OVER 105 DEGREES AT MANY LOCATIONS. WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...ALONG WITH SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE HIGH LEVELS OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED. HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF MAXIMUM SOLAR HEATING. NO WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 90S...WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS. SOME RELIEF WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH INTO THE REGION. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE STATE. THIS COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BRING CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ISOLATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A 44 year old construction worker was reported dead due to heat after working outside during the morning hours of the 24th.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Pulaski | 2009-06-24 | 44 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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