Below normal rainfall during the months of June and July brought severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of July to portions of East-Central Arkansas. The biggest impact from the drought was on agriculture as many crops suffered due to the lack of rainfall.
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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 MEG wrote it up.
Below normal rainfall during the months of June and July brought severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of July to portions of East-Central Arkansas. The biggest impact from the drought was on agriculture as many crops suffered due to the lack of rainfall.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 27, 4:08 AM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 508 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S ARE SEEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AS RAIN COOLED AIR SETTLES ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHT/S MCS. ANOTHER FAIRLY ACTIVE DAY IS IN STORE FOR THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AS THE THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF A 595DM H5 RIDGE. THIS WILL ALLOW CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT LIFTED INDICES IN THE -5 TO -8C RANGE AND SBCAPE VALUES FROM 2000 TO 4000 J/KG. THIS COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR...PWAT VALUES CLOSE TO 2 INCHES...AND WET SOILS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT WITH POSSIBLE MICROBURST POTENTIAL. MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY...ANY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD DIMINISH BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. AREAS THAT ARE NOT AFFECTED BY PRECIPITATION LATER TODAY SHOULD SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 102-104 DEGREES DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RUN CLOSER TO NORMAL DUE TO YESTERDAY/S RAINS BUT DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. HOWEVER...HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AREAWIDE. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...H5 RIDGE BEGINS TO SLOWLY RETROGRADE BACK TO THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY. KEPT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE EVENING AS ANY DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO BE DIURNAL IN NATURE. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH CURLING AROUND STRONGER RIDGING TO THE WEST AND ENTERING THE AREA AS A BACKDOOR FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND PUSH INTO THE AREA. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF DEPICT THE FRONT STALLING ACROSS THE REGION AND WASHING OUT IN PLACE ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH STRONG UPPER RIDGING TO THE WEST...THE MIDSOUTH WILL BE PLACED UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL BRING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING MCS/S TO AFFECT THE REGION. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS FOR NOW TO COVER AS MODELS SEEM TO BE IN FAIR AGREEMENT. BY MONDAY...UPPER RIDGING BUILDS BACK INTO THE MIDSOUTH BRINGING AN END TO THE PRECIPITATION WITH A RETURN TO HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS. CCD && .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS TSRA SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH VFR LIKELY FOR THE OUTBOUND KMEM PUSH. SHORT TERM CONCERN FOR WAKE LOW WINDS MOVING NORTH INTO THE MO BOOTHEEL AND NORTHWEST TN...BUT THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD BYPASS KJBR. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD RESET AND BE PRIMED AGAIN FOR STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PWB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 93 76 93 76 / 50 20 30 10 MKL 92 73 93 74 / 50 20 30 10 JBR 92 73 93 74 / 50 20 30 20 TUP 92 73 93 74 / 50 20 30 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 535 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-281245- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 535 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 105 TO 109 DEGREE RANGE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CCD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1208 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010
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..REMARKS..
1150 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG EDITH 35.85N 89.55W
07/26/2010 LAUDERDALE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY AS A RESULT
OF A WAKE LOW.
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BORGHOFFThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Below normal rainfall brought severe (D2) drought conditions to Phillips County. Crops suffered due to the lack of rainfall as a result.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2010
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 249635.