Dry conditions continued into early November. Low humidities and periodic breezy weather created conditions favorable for wildfires.
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.
Dry conditions continued into early November. Low humidities and periodic breezy weather created conditions favorable for wildfires. Rain later in the month caused the threat of wildfires to diminish considerably.
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 Nov 5, 5:04 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 604 AM CDT FRI NOV 5 2010 .AVIATION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE INTO ARKANSAS TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BUT SUBSIDE AT SUNSET. SUBSIDENCE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH CLEAR SKIES...AND VFR CONDITIONS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 257 AM CDT FRI NOV 5 2010/ DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE ARE ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER TODAY WITH POSSIBLE NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THEN POSSIBLE FREEZING TEMPS NORTH TO SOUTH PARTS OF AR WITH POTENTIAL FREEZE WARNING FOR AREAS THAT HAVE NOT HAD A FREEZE YET. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY NEXT WEDNESDAY. STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BUILD IN OVER AR. WINDS STILL REMAIN ELEVATED BUT WILL SEE A GRADUAL LOWERING TODAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT LOOSENS AND SPEEDS WILL OVERALL STAY BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. QUITE DRY ATMOSPHERE FILTERING IN WITH DEW POINT TEMPS IN THE 20S STATE WIDE. DID SEE SOME AREAS MEET RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WITH WINDS DOWN...WILL UPDATE FIRE DANGER WEATHER STATEMENT IS AM AND INDICATE CONDITIONS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. OTHERWISE...THE DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH WAS OVER THE EASTERN U.S...AS STRONG NW FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE PLAINS. TEMPS WERE RUNNING AT OR BELOW NORMAL VALUES. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AS STATED WITH WINDS LOWERING TODAY...LAKE WIND ADV LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED AND FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED. TODAY SUNNY SKIES WITH OVERALL BELOW NORMAL TEMPS DUE TO THE COLD AIR ADVECITON. THE SURFACE HIGH CENTERS OVER AR SATURDAY MORNING AND WITH THE MAX RADIATIONAL COOLING...COLDEST TEMPS WILL BE SEEN. FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPS MODERATE A BIT ON SATURDAY...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT WARMING TAKES PLACE SUNDAY TO NEXT WEEK AS THE SURFACE RIDGE MOVES EAST...AND THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. DRY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. EVEN WITH RECENT RAINS...WITH WILD FIRE DANGER REMAINS UP. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. TO BEGIN THE PERIOD WITH A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES. THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THROUGH THURSDAY THIS TROUGH WILL DIG INTO THE MID SOUTH. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WILL BE IN THE PLAINS TUESDAY. THIS WILL MOVE EAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ARKANSAS AS IT DOES SO. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH THE FRONT AT FIRST BUT THEN INCREASES WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE STATE. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LOW FOLLOWS UP THE COLD FRONT. MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 51 28 57 36 / 0 0 0 0 CAMDEN AR 58 29 62 34 / 0 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 50 27 59 36 / 0 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 56 31 60 35 / 0 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 56 31 60 36 / 0 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 57 30 60 33 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 56 26 61 33 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 50 26 59 34 / 0 0 0 0 NEWPORT AR 52 28 56 35 / 0 0 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 56 31 59 35 / 0 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 54 27 60 34 / 0 0 0 0 SEARCY AR 53 28 58 34 / 0 0 0 0 STUTTGART AR 55 32 59 36 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR ARKANSAS- BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW- FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON- LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE- WHITE-WOODRUFF. && AVIATION...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT FRI NOV 5 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-061000- 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 FRI NOV 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BATESVILLE...TO PERRYVILLE...TO MURFREESBORO. THE WARNING COVERS AREAS THAT HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A WIDESPREAD FREEZE THIS SEASON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY MODERATE STARTING LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EASTWARD AND SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN TO THE MID SOUTH. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A NEW STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. .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. 51
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire 16 miles northwest of Clinton burned 1004 acres. The fire was in a very remote area and no structures were lost.
A wildfire about a mile west of Leslie burned 331 acres. No structures were lost.
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: 260649, 260650.