Afternoon heat and humidity were responsible for the development of an isolated severe storm on the 26th.
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Afternoon heat and humidity were responsible for the development of an isolated severe storm on the 26th.
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 Jun 26, 11:40 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1240 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010 .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED NORTH OF A FSM TO AWM LINE THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE VCTS AT SITES KHRO...KBPK...KLIT AND KHOT THROUGH 02Z BUT HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO FOR TSRA ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND 2SM VSBY AT KHRO AND KBPK THROUGH 20Z AND 22Z RESPECTIVELY. WILL MONITOR CONDITIONS AND AMEND KHOT AND KLIT IF CONVECTION SPREADS SOUTH AND ENCROACHES ON THOSE TERMINALS...WHICH IT MAY VERY WELL DO. WENT WITH SCT045CB AT KPBF AND KLLQ. CU FIELD THAT FAR SOUTH WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT AM UNSURE IF SHRA OR TSRA WILL DEVELOP. AGAIN...WILL MONITOR AND UPDATE IF NECESSARY. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AND EXPECT A LIGHT SOUTH WIND OVERNIGHT AT MOST TERMINALS. RECENT RAINS MAY CAUSE PATCHY FOG TOMORROW MORNING...SO HAVE VCFG AT KHRO...KPBK AS WELL AS KPBF AND KLLQ. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1046 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010/ UPDATE... FORECAST IS BASICALLY ON TRACK. HAVE ADJUSTED CURRENT GRIDS BASED ON OBSERVATIONAL DATA...AND DECIDED TO TWEAK UP HIGH TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO IN MOST LOCATIONS. OTHERWISE...EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS GOOD. ALL UPDATES OUT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 98 74 98 74 / 30 30 20 30 CAMDEN AR 100 73 99 74 / 20 20 10 10 HARRISON AR 92 72 94 71 / 30 30 30 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 97 74 97 74 / 20 20 20 20 LITTLE ROCK AR 98 75 98 75 / 30 30 20 20 MONTICELLO AR 99 75 98 76 / 20 20 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 96 74 96 73 / 20 20 20 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 95 73 97 72 / 30 30 30 40 NEWPORT AR 99 75 99 75 / 30 30 20 30 PINE BLUFF AR 99 76 98 76 / 20 20 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 96 74 98 74 / 30 30 20 30 SEARCY AR 98 75 99 75 / 30 30 20 30 STUTTGART AR 99 76 98 76 / 30 30 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...64
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SAT JUN 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 SAT JUN 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE THE STORMS TO BE SLOW MOVERS...RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 90S. THE COMBINATION OF THESE READINGS...ALONG WITH HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES... WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES FROM 98 TO 104 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...WITH HIGHS REMAINING IN THE 90S. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 105 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A LOW THREAT OF ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID SOUTH. THIS WILL DRIVE ANOTHER COLD FRONT ACROSS ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down and part of a barn was blown into the road along Arkansas Highway 285.
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