Heat, Johnson
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Heat in Arkansas, July 30 to 31, 2010
A heat wave began late in July as high pressure aloft built into the area. On the 30th, only isolated stations recorded highs of 100 degrees, but on the 31st, many stations topped 100.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 23 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
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.
A heat wave began late in July as high pressure aloft built into the area. On the 30th, only isolated stations recorded highs of 100 degrees, but on the 31st, many stations topped 100. Heat indices were generally in the range of 105 to 110 degrees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
30 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Pope
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pope forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Heat, Logan
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Heat, Conway
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Conway forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 35.262, -92.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, White
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 35.256, -91.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Woodruff
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 35.186, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Scott
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Heat, Yell
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Yell forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Heat, Perry
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Monroe
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.678, -91.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Prairie
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Prairie forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -91.553 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Lonoke
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.754, -91.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Pulaski
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 41 year-old man died from the heat. According to the Pulaski County coroner, the man became ill after working outside most of the day on July 31st. He was taken to the hospital on August 1st with a body temperature above 100 degrees and was admitted to intensive care. He died on August 3rd.
Heat, Garland
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Garland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Montgomery
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Heat, Polk
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Heat, Arkansas
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.291, -91.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jefferson
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Grant
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -92.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Hot Spring
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Desha
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Desha forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.833, -91.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Lincoln
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.958, -91.733 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Cleveland
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.898, -92.185 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Dallas
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -92.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Clark
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Pike
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Drew
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Drew forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.589, -91.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Bradley
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bradley forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.466, -92.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Calhoun
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.558, -92.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Ouachita
- When
- July 30, 12:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 33.593, -92.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Pulaski | 2010-08-03 | 41 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
- Excessive Heat in Mississippi, July 30, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arizona, July 30 to 31, 2010
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 30 to 31, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, July 30, 2010
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, July 30, 2010
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 30 to 31, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 30, 2010
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 30, 2010
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 30, 2010
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 30, 2010
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 30 to 31, 2010
- Funnel Clouds and Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 30, 2010
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2010
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: 239387, 239388, 239389, 239390, 239391, 239392, 239393, 239394, 239395, 239396, 239398, 239399, 239400, 239401, 239402, 239403, 239404, 239405, 239406, 239408, 239409, 239410, 239411, 239412, 239413, 239414, 239415, 239416, 239417, 239418.