Throughout November, severe drought conditions covered most of the southeastern half of Arkansas.
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.
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 LZK wrote it up.
Throughout November, severe drought conditions covered most of the southeastern half of Arkansas.
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 Oct 31, 11:01 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1201 AM CDT MON NOV 1 2010 .UPDATE... SFC LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST OF AR THIS EVENING WILL SLOWLY SLIDE TO THE SE OVER NE TX AND SW AR BY MON AFTERNOON...WITH MOISTURE SURGING NORTH INTO SRN SECTIONS OF AR. THIS SFC LOW WILL BECOME STATIONARY MON EVENING AT THE SAME TIME AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DEEPEN AS IT APPROACHES AR FROM THE NW. SCATTERED SHRA WILL DEVELOP LATE MON NIGHT AS THIS UPPER TROUGH INTERACTS WITH THE STALLED SFC LOW OVER SE AR. THESE FEATURES WILL BE THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERNS FOR THE O6Z TAF PACKAGE...WITH UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD AS WIDESPREAD PRECIP EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE MON NIGHT. WITH THE GULF MOISTURE SURGE STARTING LATE TONIGHT...THERE MAY BE SOME ADVECTION FOG ACROSS SERN SITES BY SUNRISE...WITH SOME MVFR VIS POSSIBLE. BY MID AFTERNOON...THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED SHRA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE STATE. BETTER PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF AR AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES CLOSER TO THE STATE. HAVE MENTIONED VCSH AND PROB30 GROUPS FOR INCREASING PRECIP CHANCES LATE IN THE PERIOD. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 248 PM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES TODAY IN THE UPPER LEVELS. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND CREATE A SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER ARKANSAS. THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SOUTH AND STAY WEST OF ARKANSAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND MOVE TO THE GULF ON WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED NORTH ARKANSAS AND WILL MOVE SOUTH WITH VERY LITTLE MOISTURE IN PLACE. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THE LOW WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST OF ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...WHEN THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES CLOSER TO ARKANSAS AND BRINGS SOUTHWEST FLOW...THIS WILL INCREASE THE MOISTURE OVER ARKANSAS AND BRING CHANCES OF SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY CENTRAL AND SOUTH TUESDAY...WITH THE MAIN DYNAMICS REMAINING SOUTHWEST OF THE STATE. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF IN THE SOUTHEAST LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTH. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY BUT BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BY THURSDAY THE STRONG UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE APPALACHIANS AND IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE TX AND LA GULF TO THE SE. STRONG SURFACE RIDING BUILDS INTO THE REGION DRYING OUT CONDITIONS AND BRINGING CONTINUED COOLER AIR. THE UPPER TROUGH BOMBS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND KEEPS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IN A STRONG NW UPPER FLOW. MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS BUT COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED. INTO THE WEEKEND...THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES E TO SE AND SOME RETURN FLOW SETS UP FOR THE WEEKEND. FREEZING TEMPS WILL BE SEEN OVER MUCH OF NORTH TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AR. ANOTHER FRONT SAGS INTO AR ON SUNDAY...BUT LITTLE MOISTURE IS IN PLACE...SO DRY CONDITIONS WILL HOLD WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AIR. WILD FIRE DANGER WILL ALSO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND...DUE TO THE LIMITED RAIN FALL AND VERY DRY AIRMASSES FILTERING OVER THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 46 69 47 59 / 0 10 50 50 CAMDEN AR 51 79 56 61 / 0 20 70 70 HARRISON AR 48 68 44 60 / 10 10 40 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 50 74 53 59 / 0 20 60 60 LITTLE ROCK AR 49 75 54 58 / 0 10 60 60 MONTICELLO AR 50 80 58 65 / 0 10 70 70 MOUNT IDA AR 51 73 52 59 / 0 20 60 60 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 47 68 44 60 / 10 10 40 40 NEWPORT AR 46 71 49 59 / 0 10 50 60 PINE BLUFF AR 50 78 56 61 / 0 10 70 70 RUSSELLVILLE AR 50 71 50 59 / 0 20 50 50 SEARCY AR 47 73 51 57 / 0 10 60 60 STUTTGART AR 48 76 55 59 / 0 10 60 70 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 409 AM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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- 409 AM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO NEAR 30 PERCENT AT MOST LOCATIONS. THESE LOW MOISTURE VALUES...COMBINED WITH EXISTING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION...WILL CREATE ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST OF ARKANSAS WILL ALLOW FOR MOISTURE LEVELS TO INCREASE MARKEDLY STARTING EARLY MONDAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH RAIN CHANCES INCREASING ACROSS THE STATE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT SLIDES TO THE SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE FOR TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...WHERE ISOLATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AS INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED. BY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS...WITH HIGH PRESSURE USHERING COOLER AND DRIER AIR BACK TO THE STATE FOR LATE THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
23 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought covered all but the extreme northwest part of Woodruff County for the entire month of November.
Severe drought covered the southeast part of White County for the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over most of Monroe County throughout November. Late in the month, the drought eased slightly over eastern sections of the county.
Severe drought occurred over Prairie County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over all but the northern part of Lonoke County for the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over the southern half of Pulaski County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over the southern half of Saline County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over the southern part of Garland County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over all but the northwestern part of Pike County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Clark County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Hot Spring County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Grant County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Jefferson County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Arkansas County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Desha County during most of November. Drought conditions eased slightly over all but northwest part of the county late in the month.
Severe drought occurred over Drew County during most of November. Drought conditions eased slightly over the eastern part of the county late in the month.
Severe drought occurred over Lincoln County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Cleveland County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Dallas County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Bradley County the entire month of November.
Severe drought occurred over Calhoun County the entire month of November.
Extreme drought occurred over extreme southeast Ouachita County until late in the month. Otherwise, severe drought was noted over the county throughout all of November.
Severe drought conditions developed over eastern portions of Jackson County early in November and then continued through the remainder of the month.
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, November 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: 263455, 263456, 263457, 263458, 263459, 263460, 263461, 263462, 263463, 263464, 263465, 263466, 263467, 263468, 263469, 263470, 263471, 263472, 263473, 263474, 263475, 263476, 263454.