An upper level low pressure system, moving from east to west across the area, caused a few severe thunderstorms to develop on the 14th.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
An upper level low pressure system, moving from east to west across the area, caused a few severe thunderstorms to develop on the 14th.
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 Jul 14, 2:17 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 317 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 .AVIATION... SCATTERED CUMULUS WILL BE NOTED THIS AFTERNOON FROM 4000 TO 5000 FEET. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE POPPING UP IN THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. OVERNIGHT...ISOLATED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS. AFTER MIDNIGHT/MONDAY MORNING...SOME LOW CLOUDS/PATCHY FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...CREATING MVFR CONDITIONS. ANY LOW CLOUDS/FOG WILL LIFT BY 15Z/16Z OR SO MONDAY...WITH VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING. WINDS WILL VARY FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 8 TO 14 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS FROM 16 TO 20 MPH. WINDS TONIGHT WILL BE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 3 TO 7 MPH...AND SOUTHEAST AT 6 TO 12 MPH MONDAY MORNING. (46) && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT UPPER LOW PRESSURE HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS LOW WILL MOVE WEST THROUGH OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND AN UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SOUTHEAST FLOW FOR ARKANSAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CLOUD COVER KEPT TEMPERATURES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF ARKANSAS TODAY. THESE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CLOUDS ARE INCREASING IN THE EAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WILL SPREAD WESTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY WEST INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST IT WILL TAKE THE MOISTURE FLOW WITH IT. WILL KEEP CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL AND SHOULD CUT OFF ANY RAIN CHANCES. THE HIGH WILL ALSO BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THIS WILL YIELD NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AROUND HERE...WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. THIS WILL OFFER LITTLE DROUGHT RELIEF. FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVE...IT APPEARS THAT THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE HIGH WILL BREAK DOWN LATE IN THE PERIOD...WITH THE HIGH STRENGTHENING OVER THE WESTERN STATES. CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CREATE A NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ALOFT...WHICH WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT TOWARD ARKANSAS. THE FRONT WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL AFTER THE PERIOD IS OVER...BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF RAIN WITH THE FRONT FOLLOWED BY COOLER TEMPERATURES. STAY TUNED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 67 87 69 90 / 30 30 20 20 CAMDEN AR 68 91 70 92 / 30 30 30 30 HARRISON AR 64 87 68 89 / 20 30 30 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 70 90 71 92 / 30 30 30 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 70 90 71 92 / 30 30 30 20 MONTICELLO AR 69 91 70 92 / 30 30 30 30 MOUNT IDA AR 67 90 71 91 / 30 30 30 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 65 87 68 89 / 20 30 20 20 NEWPORT AR 68 88 69 91 / 30 30 10 20 PINE BLUFF AR 70 90 70 92 / 30 30 30 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 68 89 70 90 / 20 30 30 30 SEARCY AR 68 89 70 91 / 30 30 20 20 STUTTGART AR 70 90 71 92 / 30 30 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM...46
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 325 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 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- 325 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE STATE...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES WEST ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE ANY STORM DEVELOPS. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET. .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. 58
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ARZ063-064-068-069-142020- BRADLEY AR-CLEVELAND AR-DREW AR-LINCOLN AR- 250 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN... NORTHWESTERN DREW...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND NORTHEASTERN BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMAR...OR 6 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WARREN... WILMAR... WEEKS... PLANTERSVILLE... LAKE MONTICELLO... HERBINE... GREEN HILL... BRANDON... RYE... ROCK SPRINGS... PANSY... ORLANDO... CORNERVILLE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3371 9226 3390 9191 3359 9178 3350 9197 TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 141DEG 17KT 3362 9192 225
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 322 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ARZ014-016-024-025-033-142105- CLEBURNE AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-JACKSON AR-STONE AR-WHITE AR- 322 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WHITE...SOUTHEASTERN STONE...EXTREME WESTERN JACKSON...WESTERN INDEPENDENCE AND NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLEASANT PLAINS...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF BATESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BATESVILLE... SALADO... PLEASANT PLAINS... MOOREFIELD... CONCORD... ROSIE... ROOSEVELT... PFEIFFER... MARCELLA... LOCUST GROVE... JAMES... HUTCHINSON... HUFF... GRAY... GAINESBORO... DESHA... BETHESDA... ALMOND... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3579 9196 3592 9153 3553 9148 3547 9169 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 165DEG 22KT 3555 9161 225
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were knocked down and power poles were snapped, causing power to be lost to a significant part of Batesville.
Hail ranging from nickel to golf ball size fell.
A funnel cloud was photographed near Humnoke.
There were several reports of a funnel cloud near Oil Trough.
Part of a roof was torn off, and trees and power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2013
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: 452781, 452782, 452785, 452786, 452783, 452784, 458750.