A few severe storms developed on the afternoon of the 25th.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A few severe storms developed on the afternoon of the 25th.
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 25, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 245 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ANOTHER HOT DAY ACRS THE FA THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...TEMPS ARE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN THE SAME TIME ON WED. LOWER DEWPOINTS HAVE ALSO KEPT HEAT INDICES IN CHECK TODAY. WDLY SCTD CONVECTION HAS FORMED IN THE LAST FEW HRS ACRS SW MO/NW AR ASSOCD WITH SEVERAL LEFTOVER BNDRY/S AND A WEAK IMPULSE ALOFT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WL AFFECT PARTS OF NRN AR THRU EARLY EVENING. HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND WL CONT TO BE THE PRIMARY FCST CONCERN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SFC HIGH PRES OVR AR IS PROGGED TO SLOLY SHIFT EWD THRU SAT. THIS WL ALLOW S/SWLY WINDS TO EVENTUALLY RETURN TO THE REGION AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND...ALLOWING FOR A GRADUAL INCRS IN LOW LVL RH. HIGH TEMPS FRI AND SAT WL CONT TO TOP OUT IN THE 90S. FCST HEAT INDEX VALUES FOR FRI WL RMN JUST BLW ADVY CRITERIA ACRS CNTRL AND SRN AR. READINGS FOR SAT WL LIKELY REACH CRITERIA OVR CNTRL AND SRN AR. NOT PLANNING ANY HEADLINES ATTM...BUT WL CONT TO MONITOR TRENDS. FOR SUN AND SUN NGT...THE MODELS CONT TO INDC THE START OF A BREAK IN THE HEAT AS A CDFNT IS FCST TO DROP SWD THRU AR. HAVE SCTD SHRA/TSRA MENTIONED FOR FA ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FNT...MAINLY ON SUN WITH DIMINISHING RAIN CHCS SUN NGT AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODELS SEEM TO BE IN BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY IN REGARDS TO A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THE ECMWF MOVES THE FRONT THROUGH SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN THE GFS...KEEPING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR SLIGHTLY LONGER. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ON MONDAY...TO ACCOUNT FOR SLIGHT TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS. HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO BUILD INTO THE STATE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK...ALLOWING DRY WEATHER TO RETURN TO THE FORECAST. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...44 / LONG TERM...60
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261000- 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 THU JUN 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ALTHOUGH HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES...WHICH IS LOWER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. THESE COOLER READINGS ARE DUE TO NORTHEAST WINDS BRINGING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. HOWEVER...WITH PLENTIFUL SURFACE MOISTURE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD...BUT ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH NEAR SUNSET...AS HEATING WILL BE LOST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 90S...WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS. SOME RELIEF WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 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 FOR 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. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 223 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ARZ003-252025- BOONE- 223 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BOONE COUNTY UNTIL 325 PM CDT... AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OMAHA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BERGMAN AND HARRISON. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 240 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ARZ004-252040- MARION- 240 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 340 PM CDT... AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF DIAMOND CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE YELLVILLE AND PYATT. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 325 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ARZ012-013-252110- NEWTON-SEARCY- 325 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NEWTON AND SEARCY COUNTIES UNTIL 410 PM CDT... AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MARION AND BOONE COUNTIES...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ALSO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 59
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were down at the sheriff's office in Newton County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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