Drought, Hempstead
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.735, -93.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Arkansas, October 1 to 31, 2012
The month of October continued where September left off concerning the ongoing drought conditions across portions of Southwest Arkansas. The counties that continued to suffer through D2 Severe and D3 Extreme Drought conditions through the month of October were Howard, Sevier, Little River, Hempstead and Miller counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
The month of October continued where September left off concerning the ongoing drought conditions across portions of Southwest Arkansas. The counties that continued to suffer through D2 Severe and D3 Extreme Drought conditions through the month of October were Howard, Sevier, Little River, Hempstead and Miller counties.
The following are a few selected cities across Southwest Arkansas with their October rainfall totals and departures from normal as well as their 2012 rainfall totals and departures from normal.
Texarkana October rainfall was 1.77. The departure from normal was -3.16.|Texarkana yearly rainfall was 26.56. The departure from normal was -13.22.|Dequeen October rainfall was 1.19. The departure from normal was -3.33.|Dequeen yearly rainfall was 23.55. The departure from normal was -16.17.
What forecasters said that day
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 Sep 30, 8:59 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 8:59 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 959 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 .DISCUSSION... MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO SEVERAL ELEMENTS TO BETTER MATCH OBS WITH EXPECTED TRENDS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. NEW NAM WINDS LOADED IN THROUGH 00Z TOMORROW. LOWERED TEMPS TO CURRENT IN SOME CASES THAT MAY WORK OUT TO BE THE OVERNIGHT UNDER THE CLOUDS. MEANWHILE...TYLER HAS ALREADY BROKEN OUT A TIME OR TWO MAY COOL DOWN WITH SOME PARTIAL CLEARING. WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED LATE EVENING POPS AND OVERNIGHT POP/WX GRIDS WITH SLIGHT AND CHANCE LIGHT RAIN AND SOME ADDITION OF PATCY FOG TO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LA WHERE THE CURRENT CHILL IN THE AIR HAS SOME MISTY FOG WITH MORE LIGHT YET TO COME. FINALLY WE HAVE ADDED SOME MORE INTO THE SKY FOR TOMORROW. THE WATER VAPOR SHOWS THE UPPER LOW OVER TEXARKANA AND DE QUEEN AND MAY BE ALREADY BOTTOMED OUT AS IT IS WORKING EAST. LOOKS LIKE A MIX OF SUN AND MORE CLOUDS FOR TOMORROW AS N/NW FLOW DOWN THE FRONT RANGE WILL BE SPREADING IN HIGH CLOUDS PERHAPS JUST AS THE LOW CLOUDS ARE WORKING EASTWARD EARLY TOMORROW. UPDATED PRODUCTS ON THE WAY. /24/ && .AVIATION... IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT MAINLY FOR GGG/LFK/TXK/TYR/SHV TERMINAL SITES AS UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EAST. MLU/ELD TO REMAIN UNDER IFR CEILINGS UNTIL AT LEAST 12Z MONDAY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN PRODUCING MVFR VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 KTS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH GUSTS INCREASING AFTER 30/15Z. /05/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012/ DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING EAST ACROSS LA. STRONGER CONVECTION REMAINS WELL SOUTH OF CWA...AND BAND OF WEAKER CONVECTION JUST SKIRTING EXTREME EASTERN CWA. HOWEVER....A BAND OF ELEVATED SHOWERS HAS REDEVELOPED WESTERN PORTIONS OF NE TX...AND SE OK. REINTRODUCED CHANCE POPS THIS EVENING FOR THIS REGION. WILL LEAVE IN SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN FOR REMAINDING PORTIONS OF AREA NOT MENTIONED. NORTH WINDS ON BACKSIDE OF LOW REMAINING AT AROUND 15 MPH...JUST BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY. DECIDED TO CANCEL THIS ADVISORY...ORIGINALLY LASTING ALL EVENING. CLOUDS WILL REMAIN FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT...WITH LOW CLOUD CIGS WESTWARD TO AROUND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. SHOULD SEE ENOUGH SUN MONDAY TO ALLOW WARMING TO AROUND MID TO UPPER 70S. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...AS SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS TO AREA...AND PRECEDES A SLOW APPROACHING COLD FRONT./VII/. AVIATION... WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO MVFR AND EVEN SOME VFR FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. HOWEVER THIS WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. CEILINGS AT KSHV MAY BECOME MVFR AFTER 23Z THIS EVENING BUT WILL BE ON THE LINE BETWEEN MVFR AND IFR. MOST OF NORTH LOUISIANA INCLUDING KMLU WILL LIKELY REMAIN IFR UNTIL AT LEAST 15Z MONDAY. VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND FOG...WILL BRING WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 MILE VISIBILITY WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF 1 TO 2 MILES...MAINLY NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER THE REMAINDER OF FOUR STATE REGION AFTER 04Z DUE TO WET GROUND. SURFACE WIND NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 KTS WITH GUST TO 20 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. /14/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 60 77 56 81 56 / 30 10 10 10 10 MLU 58 73 56 78 55 / 50 20 10 10 10 DEQ 57 76 55 80 52 / 20 10 10 10 10 TXK 60 75 55 77 56 / 40 10 10 10 10 ELD 57 72 54 78 53 / 40 20 10 10 10 TYR 56 78 55 83 57 / 10 10 10 10 10 GGG 58 78 56 82 56 / 20 10 10 10 10 LFK 59 79 55 83 57 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 24/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 9:20 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1020 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-011215- RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR- MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES- SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1020 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... LIGHT RAIN WILL BE ENDING OVER THE EASTERN MOST STATE LINE DURING THE LATE EVENING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- 011215- 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- 1020 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND WILL BE SHIFTING FARTHER EASTWARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH SOME PATCHY FOG AT TIMES LIMITING VISIBILITY DOWN TO TWO TO FOUR MILES...DESPITE A STRONG CROSS WIND THAT WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT MAINLY OVER THE I-20 CORRIDOR. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. 24
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 30, 11:03 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1203 AM CDT MON OCT 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 PM HEAVY RAIN 20 SE NACOGDOCHES 31.41N 94.41W
09/30/2012 M13.80 INCH NACOGDOCHES TX COCORAHS
RAIN MEASURED BEGINNING AT 8 AM ON THE 29TH AND ENDING AT
6 PM ON THE 30TH IN THE ETOILE COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY.
&&
MBERRYLocal storm report, Sep 30, 11:07 PM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1207 AM CDT MON OCT 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 W NACOGDOCHES 31.61N 94.74W
09/30/2012 M11.37 INCH NACOGDOCHES TX BROADCAST MEDIA
RAIN MEASURED BEGINNING AT 8 AM ON THE 29TH AND ENDING AT
7 AM ON THE 30TH IN THE ALAZAN COMMUNITY WEST OF
NACOGDOCHES.
&&
MBERRYThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Howard
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Howard forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Little River
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Little River forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Miller
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Miller forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Sevier
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.997, -94.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Nebraska, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Illinois, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Kansas, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Oklahoma, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, October 1 to 2, 2012
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 13, 2012
- Drought in Oklahoma, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 1 to 2, 2012
- Drought in Arkansas, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Missouri, October 1 to 31, 2012
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, October 2012
Sources
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: 412357, 412359, 412360, 412361, 412362.