An outflow boundary, left behind by previous thunderstorms and extending from northwest to southeast across much of Arkansas, became active again later on the 22nd due to daytime heating. A few severe thunderstorms resulted.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
An outflow boundary, left behind by previous thunderstorms and extending from northwest to southeast across much of Arkansas, became active again later on the 22nd due to daytime heating. A few severe thunderstorms resulted.
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 22, 5:25 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 625 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013 .AVIATION... LOW CLOUDS WILL FORM ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING... WITH MVFR CEILINGS COMMON. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...ALL FOG WILL HAVE BURNED OFF AND CLOUDS WILL LIFT TO 4000 TO 5000 FEET. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 14 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS FROM 16 TO 22 MPH. WINDS TONIGHT WILL BE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. (46) && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AN UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST AND SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS PATTERN WITH NORTHWEST FLOW OVER ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO BUILD EASTWARD LATE IN THE PERIOD. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW AND BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. MODELS INDICATE POSSIBLE MCS DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT...MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY AND MOVE TO THE SOUTH THURSDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FRONT WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TO START THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST...WITH A PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WIND FLOW OVER THE REGION. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL RIDE THE FLOW INTO THE STATE LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COOLER/DRIER AIR SUNDAY. IT APPEARS PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. SOME SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...READINGS SHOULD BE AT/BELOW NORMAL MUCH OF THE PERIOD IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. IN THE SOUTH...AT/ABOVE NORMAL READINGS ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY/SATURDAY... WITH MORE COMFORTABLE AIR ARRIVING AS THE PERIOD COMES TO A CLOSE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 92 74 93 72 / 50 40 50 50 CAMDEN AR 95 75 96 73 / 30 20 30 20 HARRISON AR 92 71 93 71 / 40 40 40 50 HOT SPRINGS AR 94 76 96 74 / 30 20 30 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 94 75 95 75 / 40 30 30 40 MONTICELLO AR 94 75 95 73 / 40 30 30 30 MOUNT IDA AR 94 75 95 73 / 20 20 20 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 91 72 93 71 / 50 50 50 50 NEWPORT AR 92 74 94 72 / 50 40 50 50 PINE BLUFF AR 94 75 95 74 / 40 30 30 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 93 74 94 74 / 30 30 30 40 SEARCY AR 92 74 94 73 / 50 40 40 40 STUTTGART AR 93 75 95 75 / 50 40 40 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM...46
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000- 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 CDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN SPOTTY AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH. TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE...WHICH IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH HOT AND DRY WEATHER DURING THE SUMMER...WITH REMAIN TO THE WEST OF ARKANSAS. CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL CREATE A NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ALOFT LOCALLY. THE FLOW WILL BRING DISTURBANCES INTO THE REGION FROM THE PLAINS...AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS. ONE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE STALLING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY. HIT AND MISS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POP UP IN THE COMING DAYS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. STORMS WILL TEND TO BE MORE NUMEROUS AROUND INCOMING FRONTS. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...AND THERE COULD BE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN THE NORTH BY THE END OF THE WEEK. TWO TO THREE INCH AMOUNTS OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE HOT STATEWIDE ON TUESDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SOMEWHAT IN THE NORTH WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAT CONTINUING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. THE HEAT IN THE SOUTH SHOULD SUBSIDE BY NEXT WEEKEND AFTER THE SECOND FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... GIVEN ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 46
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
649 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
ARZ003-004-012-013-022-221220-
BOONE AR-MARION AR-NEWTON AR-POPE AR-SEARCY AR-
649 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...SEARCY...
EXTREME NORTHERN POPE...NEWTON AND SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL
715 AM CDT...
AT 647 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VALLEY SPRINGS TO 2 MILES NORTH OF JASPER TO 3 MILES EAST OF LOST
VALLEY SP...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARSHALL... LOST VALLEY SP... JASPER...
ZACK... WITTS SPRING... WESTERN GROVE...
WATTS... WALNUT... VALLEY SPRINGS...
UPPER BUFFALO WILDERNESS AREA... SAINT JOE...
PRUITT... POINT PETER... PIERCETOWN...
MOORE... MAUMEE... MARSENA...
KAY...
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3604 9241 3598 9241 3579 9254 3579 9263
3575 9263 3572 9316 3573 9316 3574 9351
3589 9352 3595 9350 3598 9346 3603 9345
3608 9330 3619 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1149Z 297DEG 43KT 3610 9303 3603 9318
3599 9330
226SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
854 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
ARZ031>033-039-045-221440-
CONWAY AR-FAULKNER AR-LONOKE AR-PERRY AR-WHITE AR-
854 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITE...EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN PERRY...NORTHWESTERN LONOKE...FAULKNER AND SOUTHEASTERN
CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...
AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOOSTER...OR 7 MILES NORTH
OF CONWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN. SOME PEA SIZED HAIL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONWAY... WOOSTER...
WOOLLY HOLLOW STATE PARK... VILONIA...
SPRINGHILL... PICKLES GAP... MT VERNON...
MENIFEE... GUY... GREYSTONE...
GREENBRIER... ENOLA... SALTILLO...
ROMANCE... OTTO... HOLLAND...
HAMLET... FLOYD...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 131.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3498 9207 3501 9208 3501 9222 3493 9224
3513 9262 3532 9240 3536 9214 3510 9189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1354Z 296DEG 34KT 3516 9246
226SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
905 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
ARZ003-004-221450-
BOONE AR-MARION AR-
905 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BOONE AND EXTREME WESTERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...
AT 903 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SELF...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HARRISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARRISON... VALLEY SPRINGS... SELF...
OMAHA... OLVEY... MYRTLE...
CAPPS... BERGMAN... RIDGEWAY...
BURLINGTON... BELLEFONTE... BATAVIA...
ALPENA...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3647 9322 3624 9286 3612 9298 3612 9303
3629 9331 3637 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 305DEG 19KT 3634 9319
56/51SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1130 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
ARZ004-013-014-221715-
MARION AR-SEARCY AR-STONE AR-
1130 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN STONE...SEARCY AND
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...
AT 1125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PYATT...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
YELLVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YELLVILLE... MARSHALL... ZACK...
WATTS... THOLA... SAINT JOE...
RUSH... MAUMEE... KAY...
EVENING STAR... ELBERTA... DUFF...
SILVER HILL... RALPH... PINDALL...
MULL... MORNING STAR... MAUMEE CROSSING...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3601 9241 3598 9242 3598 9237 3592 9230
3577 9270 3611 9289 3621 9289 3630 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 320DEG 30KT 3617 9277
226The Springfield radar (KSGF), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:36 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down, with two of the trees landing on houses.
A tree was blown down, and the falling tree knocked down a power pole and power lines.
A sport utility vehicle was struck by lightning as it was traveling on Interstate 40. The motorist was not injured but the vehicle was disabled.
Hail the size of half-dollars fell on Interstate 40.
Hail the size of pennies fell at Round Mountain.
Hail the size of half-dollars fell 5 miles north of Clarksville.
A wind gust of 66 mph was measured 5 miles north of Clarksville. Some trees were blown down in the area.
The Cato Fire Department estimated winds at 60 mph.
Rainfall totaled 0.56 inch in only 5 minutes at the National Weather Service.
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: 454754, 454761, 454755, 454760, 454756, 454757, 454758, 454759, 454783, 455035.