Rainfall during March helped to improve drought conditions over most of western Arkansas.
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.
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Rainfall during March helped to improve drought conditions over most of western 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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 11:51 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1151 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR THE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... MVFR CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS THE NRN SITES LATE THIS EVENING AS CLOUDS REMAIN IN PLACE. THESE CLOUDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HRS...WITH CIGS DROPPING FURTHER OVER TIME. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SNRA MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE TOMORROW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NRN SITES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HRS. FURTHER SOUTH...VFR CONDITIONS ARE DOMINANT AT THIS TIME...BUT SOME MVFR CIGS COULD BE SEEN DURING THE FRI MORNING HRS. SOME SNOW FLURRIES COULD ALSO BE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SRN SITES...BUT PROBABILITIES TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 245 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SCT-BKN LOW CLOUDS WERE AGAIN NOTED THIS AFTN ACRS MAINLY NRN AND ERN AR...WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ELSEWHERE. PERSISTENT W/NWLY SFC WINDS KEPT CONDS ON THE CHILLY SIDE...EVEN WITH TEMPS IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. THE CLOUD COVER ACRS FAR NRN AR HELD MID AFTN READINGS IN THE MID AND UPR 30S. A PERSISTENT GENERALLY NWLY FLOW ALOFT WL CONT TO SEND SEVERAL IMPULSES SEWD ACRS THE REGION HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. THE RESULT WL BE PDS OF CLOUDS...CONTD BLW NORMAL TEMPS AND SMALL PRECIP CHCS...MAINLY FOR PARTS OF NRN AND ERN AR. ONE WEAK SYS WL SKIRT NERN AR LATER TNGT...WITH JUST A SLGT CHC OF LGT SNOW/FLURRIES. A STRONGER UPR SYS WL DIVE SEWD ACRS AR FRI AND FRI NGT...BRINGING SMALL CHCS OF PRECIP TO PRIMARILY THE NERN HALF OF THE STATE. HIGH PRES WL FOLLOW AND BLD INTO AR LATER SAT AND SUN...BRINGING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR. THE AIRMASS WL BEGIN A SLOW MODERATING TREND HEADING INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK AS THE SFC HIGH SHIFTS EWD. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY UPPER LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE NORTHEAST U.S. AND THE PLAINS TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE UPPER LOW IN THE PLAINS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO ARKANSAS BY TUESDAY AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ROCKIES. THE UPPER LOW MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WEDNESDAY AND THE LARGE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE PLAINS AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST THROUGH THURSDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS MONDAY AND BRING A BIT OF A WARM UP TO AT LEAST THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS. THIS WILL ALSO BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE AREA FOR MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE STATE LATE MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY. WILL DIMINISH THE RAIN CHANCES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THE UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BE OVER THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN BELOW NORMAL BUT A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 46 30 37 28 / 10 10 20 20 CAMDEN AR 57 29 49 28 / 0 0 10 10 HARRISON AR 37 28 37 24 / 10 10 20 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 53 30 44 27 / 0 0 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 53 30 43 29 / 10 10 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 56 31 45 30 / 0 0 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 52 28 44 26 / 0 0 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 41 28 36 24 / 10 10 20 10 NEWPORT AR 45 30 38 29 / 10 10 30 20 PINE BLUFF AR 53 30 44 29 / 0 0 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 51 30 41 27 / 10 10 10 10 SEARCY AR 49 30 41 29 / 10 10 20 20 STUTTGART AR 50 30 42 30 / 10 10 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...64
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 435 AM CST THU FEB 28 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011045- 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- 435 AM CST THU FEB 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
At the beginning of March, severe drought existed only in the southwestern corner of Boone County, with moderate drought elsewhere. Conditions improved by the middle of the month, with moderate drought over the southwestern part of the county and abnormally dry conditions over the rest of the county.
At the beginning of March, severe drought covered the western part of Newton County, with only moderate drought elsewhere. Conditions improved by the middle of the month, with moderate drought in the western part of the county and abnormally dry conditions elsewhere.
At the beginning of March, severe drought covered the western part of Johnson County, with moderate drought in the eastern part. Conditions improved by the middle of the month, with moderate drought over the western part of the county and abnormally dry conditions over the eastern part.
At the beginning of March, severe drought covered the western two-thirds of Logan County, with moderate drought over the eastern third. Conditions improved by the middle of the month, with moderate drought over the western two-thirds of the county and abnormally dry conditions over the rest of the county.
At the beginning of March, severe drought covered all of Scott County, except for the east, where moderate drought was occurring. Conditions improved by the middle of the month, with moderate drought over most of the county, except for abnormally dry conditions in the east.
At the beginning of March, severe drought covered Polk County. Conditions improved by the middle of the month, with severe drought lingering over a small part of southern Polk County and moderate drought elsewhere.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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