On the 27th, a cluster of thunderstorms developed well to the north of Arkansas and then died out before reaching the state. However, the storms left behind an outflow boundary and new storms formed along this boundary in northeast Arkansas during the evening.
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On the 27th, a cluster of thunderstorms developed well to the north of Arkansas and then died out before reaching the state. However, the storms left behind an outflow boundary and new storms formed along this boundary in northeast Arkansas during the evening. A few of the storms became severe.
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 Jun 27, 1:55 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 255 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUT TODAY APPEARS TO BE THE PEAK OF THE HEAT WITH RELIEF ON THE WAY. ALL SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE UPPER RIDGE EXPANDING AND STRENGTHENING TO THE WEST AND A RATHER SIGNIFICANT TROUGH DEVELOPING TO THE EAST EARLY IN THE PERIOD THAT ACTUALLY RETROGRADES INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. WITH ALL MODELS GENERALLY ON THE SAME PAGE...WILL SIMPLY BLEND THE MINOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. UPPER PATTERN EXPECTED TO UNDERGO SIGNIFICANT AMPLIFICATION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS RIDGE EXPANDS WEST TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND STRENGTHENS. UPPER FLOW WILL SHARPEN DEEPLY DOWN STREAM IN RESPONSE AND NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PREDOMINATE. A STRONG SPEED MAX IS EXPECTED TO CREST THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND DIG TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY. ALREADY A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS NOTED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AT THIS TIME. THIS CLUSTER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SPEED MAX AND EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO AN MCS WITH ALL MODELS CONTINUING TO MOVE IT TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WITH THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE OVER THE NORTHEAST WITH DECREASING CHANCES TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN NOT BE EXCLUDED WITH PWATS POOLING TO EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ALONG AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM. THIS MCS WILL HELP PUSH THE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE NE HALF OF THE STATE LATE THIS EVENING. FRONT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AROUND SUNRISE AND EXIT TO THE SOUTH BY LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. ANY LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES FROM TONIGHTS MCS COULD WORK WITH THE FRONT TO KICK SOMETHING OFF AND WILL HOLD ONTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FINALLY COME BACK IN AFTER FROPA BUT IT APPEARS THE FRONT NAY NOT GET FAR ENOUGH TO THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY TO PREVENT ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH HEAT INDICES OVER 100. AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES...THE PATTERN CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY WITH HIGHS ONLY MAKING IT INTO THE 80S ACROSS THE NORTH ON SATURDAY AND STATEWIDE ON SUNDAY. TROF OVER THE OHIO VALLEY BEGINS TO DEEPEN AND RETROGRADE TO THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY WITH A GOOD SLUG OF MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE. WILL NEED TO INTRODUCE LOW END POPS FOR THIS SCENARIO. EURO NUMBERS A TOUCH WARMER THAN THE MAV/MEX AND WILL SIMPLY SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. REGARDLESS...SEVERAL PLEASANT DAYS ARE ON TAP. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED...AND SEASONALLY ANOMALOUS UPPER FLOW PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA DURING THIS PERIOD. AT THIS TIME...THE NATURE OF THE RIDGE/TROUGH STRUCTURE SHOULD ALLOW COOL AND RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL. ANY DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION SHOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 74 91 68 86 / 50 40 10 10 CAMDEN AR 75 98 72 92 / 10 20 20 10 HARRISON AR 74 91 67 84 / 40 30 0 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 74 96 71 91 / 30 20 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 75 94 71 90 / 40 30 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 76 96 72 91 / 30 20 20 10 MOUNT IDA AR 74 97 70 90 / 20 20 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 72 91 67 84 / 50 40 0 10 NEWPORT AR 75 91 69 86 / 50 50 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 76 95 72 91 / 30 20 20 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 73 94 69 88 / 40 30 0 10 SEARCY AR 75 93 70 88 / 50 40 10 10 STUTTGART AR 76 94 71 89 / 40 30 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...56 / LONG TERM...58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 900 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000- 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- 900 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE MID SOUTH...HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT...SEVERAL AREAS OF THE STATE WILL LIKELY APPROACH AND EXCEED A HEAT INDEX OF 105 DEGREES FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. THE AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HIGH HEAT INDICES WILL BE THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND THE DELTA REGION. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD TODAY...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND STAY HYDRATED BY DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER. DUE TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY ISOLATED...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS. LATER TONIGHT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AREAS ROUGHLY NORTH OF A WALDRON TO LITTLE ROCK TO ASH FLAT LINE ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH STRONG WINDS THE PRIMARY CONCERN AT THIS TIME. THIS COMPLEX WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. THIS AREA COULD ALSO BRING RAIN TO MANY PARTS OF THE STATE AND LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS CAN NOT BE EXCLUDED AS MOISTURE POOLS ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EARLY FRIDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED COMPLEX MOVES THROUGH. SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX. SOME AREAS COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ATTENTION WILL THEN TO A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE NORTH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR BACK TO THE REGION. HOWEVER...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY STILL REACH 100 DEGREES OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH OUT OF ARKANSAS BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING TAKING ALL THE STEAMY AIR WITH IT. DRY AIR AND MILDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR ARKANSAS SATURDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
534 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
ARZ016-025-272335-
INDEPENDENCE AR-JACKSON AR-
534 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN JACKSON AND EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYNN...AND NEAR
GRUBBS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWPORT... TUCKERMAN... SWIFTON...
GRUBBS... DIAZ... ALGOA...
STEGALL... KENYON... HALE...
ERWIN... DOWDY... CAMPBELL STATION...
BLACKVILLE... BALCH... AMAGON...
&&
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL
THE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 3547 9126 3589 9131 3590 9127 3590 9111
3589 9104 3585 9102 3547 9103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 346DEG 15KT 3592 9118
46The Memphis radar (KNQA), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
A tree was blown down.
One-half inch of rain fell in 10 minutes.
Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
Large limbs and power lines were blown down.
A tree was blown down.
A tree was blown down on Arkansas 69.
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, June 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: 449264, 449265, 449272, 449266, 449267, 449273, 449268, 449270, 449271.