Severe drought conditions spread to additional parts of southeast Arkansas by the middle of September.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions spread to additional parts of southeast Arkansas by the middle of September.
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 Sep 14, 5:50 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 650 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010 .AVIATION... EXPECT MOST OF THE SHWRS/TSTMS IN THE KHRO AND KBPK AREAS TO BE THIS MORNING...LEFT ONLY VCTS IN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. FOR KHOT AND KLIT...SHOULD SEE JUST MID AND HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING...WITH SOME THINNING OF CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. FOR KPBF AND KLLQ...MAINLY JUST CI EXPECTED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 202 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010/ DISCUSSION... CONDITIONS GENERALLY QUIET ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH JUST SOME MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING EAST FROM CONVECTION ACROSS OK. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS TEMPS IN THE MID 60S TO LOW 70S ACROSS THE CWA...WITH DEWPTS IN THE MID 50S ACROSS THE SOUTH AND SE...TO THE LOW 60S ACROSS THE FAR WEST AND NRN COUNTIES. REGION-WIDE...RADAR/IR IMAGERY SHOWING ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS SW AND CENTRAL OK DRIFTING EAST...AS WELL AS A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KS DIVING SE. TO THE NORTH ACROSS MO...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS DIVING SOUTH...REMNANT FROM THUNDERSTORMS MON EVENING ACROSS NW MO. THIS BOUNDARY IS TRIGGERING SOME ISOLATED SHRA ACROSS PORTIONS OF SW MO AS IT PUSHES SOUTH TOWARDS NW AR. TODAY THROUGH MONDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SW MO...ALONG WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION TO THE WEST AND NW WILL ENHANCE THE PROBABILITY FOR SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE FAR NW COUNTIES THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. THOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ARE MINIMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA...FAR NW SECTIONS WILL HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS...AND A BIT OF INCREASED INSTABILITY AS A VERY WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVE ACROSS NRN SECTIONS OF AR. THESE INGREDIENTS MAY BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FAR NWRN AND WRN COUNTIES THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON...MAINLY FOR SHRA...AND ISOLATED TSRA. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MOST OF THE CWA TO REMAIN DRY...WITH NEAR OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS THIS TUE AFTERNOON. WED INTO THU...A DEVELOPING SFC LOW ACROSS THE PLAINS AHEAD OF A MORE SUBSTANTIAL UPPER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE TO THE NE...ACROSS THE CENTRAL MS RIVER VALLEY REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH BEHIND THIS SYSTEM THU...WITH INCREASING PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS AR WED NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRI WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MOST SHORT/MED RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS KEEP MOISTURE LEVELS FAIRLY LOW AS A RESULT OF MINIMAL GULF MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW LEVEL CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH WED NIGHT INTO THU MORNING...WITH MAINLY SLIGHT CHANCES POPS THU AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY FRI...THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO WASH OUT SOMEWHERE ACROSS FAR SW AR...WITH ONLY VERY SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS ON THE NE SIDE OF THE FRONT. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SRN CONUS FOR THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE MAIN UPPER FLOW REMAINING WELL NORTH OF AR. THIS WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES LOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST...AS WELL AS GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 89 62 89 68 / 20 0 10 20 CAMDEN AR 93 64 93 69 / 10 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 83 62 87 66 / 30 10 10 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 91 64 92 68 / 20 0 0 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 91 65 92 69 / 10 0 0 20 MONTICELLO AR 94 65 94 69 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 90 63 91 67 / 20 0 0 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 85 62 89 66 / 20 10 10 30 NEWPORT AR 90 62 90 67 / 10 0 0 20 PINE BLUFF AR 93 64 93 69 / 10 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 88 63 91 67 / 20 0 10 20 SEARCY AR 91 63 91 67 / 20 0 0 20 STUTTGART AR 92 65 92 68 / 10 0 0 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000- 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 TUE SEP 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS...MAINLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 28
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions developed in eastern and southern sections of Arkansas County by the middle of September and then continued on through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over all of Drew County, except for the northwest portion, by the middle of September and then continued on through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over all of Bradley County, except for the northern portion, by the middle of September and then continued on through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over the southern half of Calhoun County by the middle of September. The severe drought then advanced farther north, covering all but the northern portion by the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions developed over extreme southeastern Ouachita County by the middle of September. The severe drought then advanced farther north, covering all but the extreme northern portion by the end of the month.
At the middle of September, severe drought conditions impacted only extreme southeastern Monroe County. Late in the month, severe drought had spread to most of the eastern part of the county.
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, September 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: 259089, 259090, 259091, 259092, 259093, 259476.