Near drought conditions across portions of Southwest Arkansas and hot temperatures resulted in a large fire getting out of control across Lafayette County, Arkansas.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Near drought conditions across portions of Southwest Arkansas and hot temperatures resulted in a large fire getting out of control across Lafayette County, 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 9:35 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1035 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 .DISCUSSION... SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE CWA AGAIN THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES RUNNING A FEW DEGREES WARMER AT 15Z COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME ON FRIDAY. HIGHS SHOULD REACH OR JUST TOP 100 MOST LOCATIONS AS FORECAST. SHV SOUNDING INDICATING A CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OF 97 TODAY... COMPARED TO 101 ON FRIDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN CONVECTION BEGINNING A LITTLE EARLIER...RESULTING IN A FEW MORE STORMS. HOWEVER...THINK THE 20 POP IN FORECAST WILL COVER. NO CHANGES TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TERMINAL FORECAST PERIOD DUE TO A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...PATCHY FOG MAY RESULT IN MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS MLU/ELD TERMINALS AFTER 09Z. /05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 101 77 102 77 100 / 20 20 20 20 20 MLU 102 75 102 75 100 / 20 20 20 20 20 DEQ 100 71 101 71 99 / 20 20 20 20 20 TXK 100 73 100 73 100 / 20 20 20 20 20 ELD 99 71 99 71 99 / 20 20 20 20 20 TYR 103 78 103 78 101 / 20 20 20 20 20 GGG 102 77 102 77 100 / 20 20 20 20 20 LFK 100 74 100 74 99 / 20 20 20 20 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-031100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1200 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY EXCEEDING THE 100 DEGREE MARK ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW 105 DEGREES ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS WITH HIGHER VALUES POSSIBLE ACROSS ISOLATED AREAS. WITH THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND A RELATIVELY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD...HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THESE STORMS...ONCE THEY COLLAPSE...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WHICH WILL DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... HOT TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AGAIN...THERE WILL BE A DOWNBURST POTENTIAL TO ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THESE STORMS WHILE NOT WIDESPREAD....WILL BE PROLIFIC LIGHTNING PRODUCERS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...THEN IT IS TIME TO MOVE INDOORS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED FOR A LARGE AREA...BUT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A large fire, burned 163 acres of grassland and timberland 5.5 miles southeast of Bradley, Arkansas. There were no report of structures that were burned or injuries in relation to the fire.
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