Snowfall on the 9th was followed by very dry air, bringing conditions conducive to wildfires during the middle of the month.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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.
Snowfall on the 9th was followed by very dry air, bringing conditions conducive to wildfires during the middle of the month.
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 Feb 13, 11:48 AM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1148 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 .AVIATION...18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDS WL AGAIN PREVAIL THRU THE PD. BREEZY SWLY WINDS THIS AFTN AT 10 TO 15 MPH WL BE COMMON...WITH OCNL GUSTS ARND 20 MPH. SPEEDS WL DIMINISH AFT SUNSET AND BCM MORE WLY LATER TNGT. FCST SOUNDING CONT TO INDC LLWS THRU THE LATE NGT/EARLY MRNG HRS ON MON...WITH MAINLY W/NWLY WINDS AT 2K FT OF 30 TO 40 KTS. WEAK CDFNT WL DROP INTO NRN AR MON MRNG...SHIFTING SFC WINDS TO NWLY. BNDRY WL ENTER CNTRL AR ARND THE END OF THE FCST PD. /44/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1106 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011/ UPDATE... TEMPERATURES STARTED OUT WARM ACROSS THE NORTH THIS MORNING...AND WITH THE JUMP START...HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE WARMER THAN SATURDAY. HAVE TWEAKED HIGHS...AND ALSO INCREASED WINDS...AS GUSTY CONDITIONS ALREADY AT LITTLE ROCK. UPDATED PRODUCTS ALREADY SENT. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141100- 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 CST SUN FEB 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. 46
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire 6.5 miles southeast of Donaldson consumed 181 acres. No structures burned.
A wildfire 2 miles north of Pineville burned 258 acres. No structures burned.
A wildfire 4 miles south of Wirth burned 126 acres. No structures were lost.
A wildfire 3 miles east of Norfork burned 230 acres. No structures were lost.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, February 2011
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: 272932, 274212, 274214, 274216.