A band of thunderstorms swept across northern Arkansas during the late evening hours of the 15th and the wee hours of the 16th. Isolated wind damage occurred.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A band of thunderstorms swept across northern Arkansas during the late evening hours of the 15th and the wee hours of the 16th. Isolated wind damage occurred.
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 15, 11:17 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1217 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 .AVIATION... COMPLEX OF STORMS CONTINUES TO DIMINISH AS IT MOVES INTO ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WILL RESTRICT CONDITIONS TO MARGINAL VFR AT THE NORTHERN SITES. THOUGH THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN...COULD BE SOME SHOWERS AS FAR SOUTH AS HOT SPRINGS AND LITTLE ROCK IN A FEW HOURS AS THE REMNANTS MOVE INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY...BUT WITH AIRMASS WORKED OVER...AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH WITH IT. TAFS OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1005 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010/ UPDATE... CONT TO MONITOR A COMPLEX OF STORMS NOW MOVG INTO NERN OK/SWRN MO. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONT PROPAGATING SEWD DURG THE OVERNIGHT HRS. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE ASSOCD OUTFLOW BNDRY IS STARTING TO OUTRUN THE STORMS. ALSO...THE ACTIVITY WL BE MOVG INTO MORE STABLE CONDS OVR NRN AR LATER TNGT. CONTD WITH CHC POPS OVR THE NWRN PART OF THE FA AFT MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMP FCST STILL ON TRACK AND ONLY ADJUSTED HRLY TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. ALL PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND SENT. /44/ && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 925 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161000- 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- 925 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE STATE OVERNIGHT...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS COMPLEX WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTHWEST OF LITTLE ROCK. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...DRIER AIR IS IN PLACE... WHICH WILL HELP TO KEEP RAIN CHANCES LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE ON THURSDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AT THIS TIME...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THE SYSTEM. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY THE WEEKEND...AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1208 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010
ARZ004>006-013-160550-
BAXTER-FULTON-MARION-SEARCY-
1208 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAXTER...FULTON...MARION AND
SEARCY COUNTIES UNTIL 1250 AM CDT...
AT 1208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BAKERSFIELD TO ARKAWANA TO PYATT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE
TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 3649 9179 3626 9215 3618 9216 3617 9220
3614 9221 3613 9219 3609 9219 3606 9225
3606 9230 3604 9230 3596 9248 3617 9289
3629 9288 3644 9255 3651 9248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 303DEG 27KT 3663 9222 3639 9245
3623 9281
57PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
100 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 AM TSTM WND DMG OXFORD 36.21N 91.92W
09/16/2010 IZARD AR TRAINED SPOTTER
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN.
&&
57SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
102 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010
ARZ005>007-014-015-160640-
BAXTER-FULTON-IZARD-SHARP-STONE-
102 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAXTER...FULTON...IZARD...SHARP
AND STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 140 AM CDT...
AT 102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SADDLER FALLS TO
LARKIN TO BIG FLAT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ZION...STUART...SELLERS STORE...
LONE STAR...HIGHLAND...HARDY...FIFTY SIX AND CHEROKEE VILLAGE.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE
TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 3637 9127 3624 9126 3624 9132 3622 9135
3595 9136 3594 9147 3595 9176 3588 9188
3571 9199 3596 9242 3598 9230 3606 9230
3606 9220 3611 9219 3619 9192 3650 9156
3650 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0602Z 307DEG 35KT 3641 9149 3613 9182
3599 9230
57The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down and many barns and roofs had metal and shingles blown off. Many homes in the Ash Flat area lost power for hours.
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