Arkansas, 2010

Heat in Arkansas, July 21, 2010

July 21, 2010 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Hot weather on the 21st caused two heat-related illnesses along the Buffalo National River.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.

Hot weather on the 21st caused two heat-related illnesses along the Buffalo National River.

Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Newton

When
July 21, 1:00 PM CST
Where
Newton forecast zone
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
Newspaper

Two Youth Conservation Corps workers, females 15 and 16 years old, were overcome by heat while working on the Hemmed-in-Hollow Trail in the Ponca Wilderness of the Buffalo National River. The incident occurred near California Point.

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 242990.