Slow moving, intense thunderstorms that moved north and east out of northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma late on June 10th, propagated into southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of June 11th. These storms were intense rainfall producers with one hour rainfall amounts approaching three inches per hour.
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Slow moving, intense thunderstorms that moved north and east out of northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma late on June 10th, propagated into southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of June 11th. These storms were intense rainfall producers with one hour rainfall amounts approaching three inches per hour. One of these storms developed across extreme northern Howard County north of Dierks, Arkansas and washed out a roadway.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 9:14 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1014 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010
.DISCUSSION...
WATER VAPOR SHOWING DRIER AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE CORE LOW OVER
TEXARKANA. THE LOW APPEARS TO HAVE MORE OF AN OPEN WAVE
CHARACTERISTIC AND IS MOVING ALONG UNDER THE RIDGE AXIS WHICH
EXTENDS WELL INTO THE MID WEST OF THE U.S. WE SHAVED ON THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK AND REDUCED POPS ACCORDINGLY.
FEW CHANGES TO OVERNIGHT LOW GRID AS WE ARE STILL QUITE WARM OVER
THE SOUTHEAST. RAIN WILL CONTINUE HEAVY FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALONG
THE PATH OF THE LOW. RUNOFF WILL PERSIST IN SOME AREAS TOWARD
DAYBREAK. ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE WATCH MAY BE CANCELED NEAR
MIDNIGHT DEPENDING ON RADAR TRENDS. STILL ESTIMATING A GOOD 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...AND GETTING INTO SW AR. /24/
&&
.AVIATION...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS...AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS STARTED TO BECOME AN OPEN WAVE
AND HAS RESULTED IN AN EXPANSION OF THE RAINFALL PATTERN AROUND THE
SYSTEM. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH A SMALL REACH
INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. AS THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH MOVES
NORTHEAST THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL CARRY INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN AREA AND NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS...WHERE MVFR TO ISOLATED IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES
ALONG WITH GUSTY AND VARIABLE WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WHERE THE
RAINS FELL FROM PREVIOUS STORMS ON THURSDAY...PATCHY FOG AND LOW
CLOUDS MAY FORM LATER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE
WITH THOSE LIFTING INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY
WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH 11/14Z AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS THEN WITH A
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENING ON FRIDAY THE WINDS WILL BE
INCREASING TO 10 TO 18 KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS FOR PARTS OF
EAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE 20
PERCENT OR LESS ON FRIDAY. WINDS DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING TO 7
TO 12 KNOTS FRIDAY. /06/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 83 75 94 76 95 / 90 70 20 10 10
MLU 90 76 95 74 95 / 50 50 20 10 10
DEQ 78 72 91 73 93 / 70 70 20 10 10
TXK 81 74 91 74 95 / 80 70 20 10 10
ELD 86 71 95 73 95 / 60 70 20 10 10
TYR 78 74 91 76 93 / 100 40 20 10 10
GGG 81 74 91 76 94 / 100 40 20 10 10
LFK 84 74 93 75 95 / 90 30 20 10 10
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LAZ001>003.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
OKZ077.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
TXZ096-097-108>112-126.
&&
24/06HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 315 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151-112015- RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR- MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- 315 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA AND MOSTLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT...PRIMARILY FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. ARZ073-LAZ004>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-112015- UNION AR-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE- JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL- LA SALLE-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 315 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG TO POSSIBLY A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER DEEP EAST TEXAS COMBINES WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THIS SEVERE ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THIS MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS INCLUDING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA AND MOSTLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072-LAZ001>003-OKZ077-112015- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-MCCURTAIN- 315 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG TO POSSIBLY A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINES WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THIS SEVERE ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA AND MOSTLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR BOTH FLOODING CONCERNS AND SEVERE WEATHER.
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sections of Goat Ranch Road 2 miles northeast of Athens in extreme northeast Howard County were washed away by flood waters.
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