A lack of rainfall led to severe drought conditions developing in Desha County late in July.
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A lack of rainfall led to severe drought conditions developing in Desha County late in July.
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 Jul 26, 11:38 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1238 AM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 .AVIATION... RAINFALL FROM WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY GENERATE LOW CIGS AND FOG OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT OR CALM. EXPECTED MVFR CONDITIONS...WITH SOME SPOTS DROPPING TO IFR AND EVEN LIFR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TUE AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OR CALM OVERNIGHT...THEN GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTH TUE AFTERNOON...MAINLY LESS THAN 10 KTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1045 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 UPDATE... MAIN STORY TONIGHT HAS BEEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE REGION. HOT SPRINGS RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES...AND AREAS SOUTH OF SHERIDAN RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES. SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER...BUT DISSIPATED QUICKLY. THE RAIN COOLED AIR BROUGHT TEMPERATURES DOWN TO THE FORECASTED LOWS QUICKLY THIS EVENING...BUT DO NOT THINK THEY WILL DROP MUCH MORE DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR. MAIN CHANCES FOR THIS UPDATE WERE TO CURRENT CONDITIONS...AND ALSO TO ADD PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AROUND MIDNIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING. FORECAST FOR TUESDAY LOOKS GOOD...WITH A BREAK IN THE MORNING BEFORE RAIN CHANCES INCREASE DURING THE HEATING OF THE AFTERNOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 215 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FLARING UP ACROSS A BETTER PART OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE HIGH WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING AS PWAT IS HIGH...OVER 2 INCHES ON THE MORNING SOUNDING...AND STORM MOTIONS ARE SLOW. CONVECTION WILL BE LARGELY DIURNAL THOUGH AND SHOULD DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. TUESDAY WILL BE MUCH THE SAME AS TODAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S...DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AND RESULTING HEAT INDICES IN THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE. WILL LET THE EVENING OR MIDNIGHT SHIFT DECIDE ON WHETHER TO ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR TUE AFTERNOON AS +105 DEGREE HEAT INDICES HAVE NOT BEEN WIDESPREAD THUS FAR THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ALSO HAVE SCATTERED CONVECTION AGAIN TUE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WED ONWARD...UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS WEST TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONUS. GUIDANCE SAYS TEMPS WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE. WITH DEWPOINTS LIKELY TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S STILL...WIDESPREAD HEAT INDICES OF 105-107 WILL BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO FAR INTO THE FORECAST PERIOD TO WORRY WITH A HEAT ADVISORY FOR LATE WEEK...BUT WILL MONITOR THIS OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE LONG TERM WILL FEATURE A RETURN TO BROAD UPR RIDGING OVER THE STATE WITH CONDS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN MUCH OF THE SUMMER. JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE BEEN IN HIBERNATION THE PAST TWO MONTHS OR JUST MOVED HERE...THIS MEANS HOT AND HUMID CONDS WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON TSTORMS AND HEAT INDEX VALUES AOA 100F. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE RIDGING BUILDS IN...ONE LAST PIECE OF NW FLOW ENERGY LOOKS TO CLIP NE AR ALONG A RETREATING WM FRONT ON FRIDAY AND HAVE SLIGHTLY EXPANDED THE 30 PERCENT CHANCE TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE NW HALF OF THE STATE. WILL LEAVE 20 POPS FOR THE CWA ON SAT GIVEN RECENT MODEL BIAS TO CENTER UPR RIDGES A BIT TOO FAR TO THE EAST IN THE DY5-7 PD AND PROPENSITY FOR MORE UNSETTLED NW UPR FLOW TO HANG ON. SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHOULD GENERALLY BE DRY AND HOT WITH LESS THAN A 20 PERCENT CHC FOR AFTERNOON STORMS AS THE UPR HIGH SITUATES ITSELF RIGHT OVER AR. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH READINGS NEAR 100 AGAIN POSSIBLE BY THE WEEKEND AS MEX NUMBERS APPROACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS AND ECMWF LOOKS EVEN A TOUCH WARMER. GOING TEMP FCST LOOKS GOOD AND ONLY A FEW MINOR TWEAKS APPEAR WARRANTED. DEWPTS IN THE LOW 70S MAY VERY WELL YIELD HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA HEAT INDICES SAT THROUGH MON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 75 92 75 94 / 20 30 20 20 CAMDEN AR 74 92 75 95 / 20 30 20 20 HARRISON AR 72 90 73 91 / 20 30 20 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 75 93 75 95 / 20 30 20 20 LITTLE ROCK AR 75 93 76 96 / 20 30 20 20 MONTICELLO AR 75 93 76 96 / 20 30 20 20 MOUNT IDA AR 74 92 74 94 / 20 30 20 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 73 91 74 92 / 20 30 20 20 NEWPORT AR 75 92 76 95 / 20 30 20 20 PINE BLUFF AR 74 93 75 96 / 20 30 20 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 75 93 75 95 / 20 30 20 20 SEARCY AR 75 92 76 95 / 20 30 20 20 STUTTGART AR 75 93 76 96 / 20 30 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-271000- 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 MON JUL 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS ONCE TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ON AVERAGE ACROSS MOST AREAS. HOWEVER...WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IN NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW...THOUGH ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING OVER THE REGION LATER THIS WEEK...WITH HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ARKANSAS. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL LIMIT AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH ONLY A FEW ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO WARM BACK INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S ONCE AGAIN...HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...WITH ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
819 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG ENGLAND 34.54N 91.97W
07/26/2010 LONOKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
THE DOORS OF A LOCAL BUSINESS WERE DAMAGED.
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD ENGLAND 34.54N 91.97W
07/26/2010 LONOKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TOWN.
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46The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions developed in Desha County late in July and continued through the end of the month.
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