Unusually hot, humid weather prevailed in early August. Late on the afternoon of the 2nd, an isolated severe storm developed along an old frontal boundary.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Unusually hot, humid weather prevailed in early August. Late on the afternoon of the 2nd, an isolated severe storm developed along an old frontal boundary.
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 Aug 2, 1:55 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 255 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ISOLATED RETURNS HAVE BEEN NOTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...PER KLZK RADAR DATA. ALL OF THIS ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL CLEAR QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL MOVE LITTLE THIS PERIOD. HIGH HEAT STRESS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. HAVE EXTENDED THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THROUGH 00Z/THU. && .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY ONE WORD CAN BEST SUM UP THE EXTENDED TERM - HOT. HOWEVER...SOME PRECIPITATION COULD FALL DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED TERM...AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS DOMINATED THE REGION FOR SO LONG MAY SHIFT A BIT WESTWARD OVER TEXAS... BRINGING A NWLY FLOW ALOFT AND POSSIBLY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DURING THE FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY TIME FRAME. BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED TERM THE MODELS SHIFT THE RIDGE BACK OVER THE AREA...AND KEEP CONDITIONS HOT AND DRY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 76 101 76 102 / 10 0 0 0 CAMDEN AR 75 103 75 102 / 0 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 74 100 74 100 / 10 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 76 102 76 102 / 0 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 78 102 78 102 / 10 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 78 103 77 102 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 74 102 75 102 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 74 100 74 101 / 10 0 0 0 NEWPORT AR 76 102 77 102 / 10 0 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 78 102 78 102 / 10 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 76 102 76 103 / 10 0 0 0 SEARCY AR 76 102 77 102 / 10 0 0 0 STUTTGART AR 78 102 79 102 / 10 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY- CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON- OUACHITA-PIKE-POLK-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ARKANSAS- CONWAY-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN- LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-WHITE-WOODRUFF- YELL. && SHORT TERM...55 / LONG TERM...53
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 330 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031000- 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- 330 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS...WHILE AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS. HIGHS TODAY WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 104 WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 105 TO 118 DEGREES. LOWS TONIGHT WILL LOWER ONLY TO THE 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES AND KEEP CONDITIONS WARM AND MUGGY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ARKANSAS...BUT OVERALL COVERAGE WILL BE QUITE LOW...AS WELL AS ANY THREAT FOR A STRONG TO SEVERE STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...AS HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL CLIMB TO 105 TO NEAR 116 DEGREES IN MANY SPOTS IN THE AFTERNOONS TO EVENINGS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 104 DEGREES ACROSS ARKANSAS THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES. RESIDENTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH HEAT VALUES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ALSO...TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT WILL ONLY FALL BACK INTO THE 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...WHICH WILL ONLY INTENSIFY THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. DUE TO THE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE AREA...HOT AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SMALL RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WILL BE LOW...AND THE THREAT OF ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WILL BE VERY LOW. .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. 55/59
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were knocked down from the Amboy section of North Little Rock across the Levy area into the Park Hill neighborhood. Two of the trees fell on houses. One tree fell on two cars and knocked down a street light pole.
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