A cold front moved through Arkansas on the 8th. Gusty winds associated with the storms blew down trees and power lines, with some of the trees falling on houses.
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A cold front moved through Arkansas on the 8th. Gusty winds associated with the storms blew down trees and power lines, with some of the trees falling on houses. Very cold air aloft brought small hail to many locations.
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 Apr 8, 11:50 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1250 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... COLD UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS PRODUCING SCATTERED VIGOROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE TRIED TO ACCOUNT FOR INITIAL LINE...WHICH WAS SITUATED FROM KELD THROUGH KLIT AND UP TO KBVX AT 1745Z...AND FURTHER SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AS SUCH...THREW IN BLANKET VCTS FOR ALL SITES AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT 6 HOURS...WITH A 3-4 HR TEMPO FOR -TSRA. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE ENOUGH ACROSS THE STATE FOR ALL TERMINALS TO STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING THUNDER. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING ONWARD AS THE UPPER SYSTEM DEPARTS AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN. MAY HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT FOG POTENTIAL WITH THE 00Z TAF ISSUANCE...BUT FOR NOW GUIDANCE DOES NOT SUPPORT MENTIONING ANY FOG LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 305 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT A FEW SHOWERS NOTED ON RADAR THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS...SLOWING MOVING TO THE EAST. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT HAS BEEN PLAGUING THE STATE FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS IS DEEPENING AND PASSING OVER THE STATE THIS MORNING AS WELL. A WAVE ROUNDING THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH WILL INITIATE SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE NOTED AS WELL AS AFTERNOON HEATING TAKES PLACE. CAN/T RULE OUT SOME SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AS RAPID COOLING ALOFT COULD LEAD TO SOME HAIL PRODUCTION WITH THE ISOLATED CONVECTION...PARTICULARLY ACROSS EASTERN AREAS. OF MORE NOTICE TODAY WILL LIKELY BE THE WINDS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE USHERED INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT DROPS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA AS WINDS SHOULD PICK UP TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT TIMES. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A WARMING TREND STARTING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME FROST MAY BE NOTED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RETREATS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SETS UP AT THE SURFACE. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP WEATHER CONDITIONS FAIRLY QUIET THROUGH THURSDAY...BEFORE A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT BRINGS SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES TO THE NORTH ON FRIDAY. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS WITH A ZONAL FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL U.S...WHILE A GOOD SOUTH WIND OVER AR. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WARM AND MOISTURE ON SATURDAY...BUT WITH THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAVING LIFTED NORTH...AND LITTLE UPPER ENERGY IN THE UPPER FLOW...NO CONVECTION IS EXPECTED. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BETTER UPPER LIFT MOVES INTO THE AREA...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM OUT OF THE PLAINS MOVES TOWARD AR. CHANCE CONVECTION WILL BE IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY...UNTIL THE SURFACE AND UPPER SYSTEM MOVE THROUGH AR. AT THIS TIME THE RISK OF ANY STRONG TO SEVERE APPEARS TO BE LOW. TEMPERATURES WILL OVERALL BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL...UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH ON MONDAY AND TEMPS COOL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 60 38 68 46 / 60 10 0 0 CAMDEN AR 65 39 72 45 / 40 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 57 35 68 47 / 40 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 64 39 71 46 / 40 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 65 41 70 47 / 50 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 64 41 69 46 / 60 10 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 62 36 72 46 / 30 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 59 36 68 46 / 40 0 0 0 NEWPORT AR 62 38 67 47 / 60 10 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 64 42 69 46 / 50 10 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 64 36 71 45 / 40 0 0 0 SEARCY AR 62 38 67 43 / 50 10 0 0 STUTTGART AR 63 40 67 46 / 60 10 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 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. && AVIATION...64
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1215 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091000- 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- 1215 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SYSTEM ALOFT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. COLD AIR ALOFT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM...AND THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR ICE TO FORM IN DEVELOPING STORMS. GIVEN THIS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE...WITH SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 30 MPH IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH ALL PRECIPITATION ENDING. WINDS WILL ALSO DIMINISH AND WILL BECOME LESS GUSTY AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND...WITH A WARMING TREND EXPECTED. GOOD RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE NORTHWEST. .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. 59/46
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1159 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ARZ054-055-062-063-081730- CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR-GRANT AR-HOT SPRING AR- 1159 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HOT SPRING...SOUTHERN GRANT...NORTHEASTERN DALLAS AND NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF THIEL...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALVERN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JENKINS FERRY STATE PARK... THIEL... POYEN... LEOLA... LAMONT... DOGWOOD... GRAPEVINE... FARINDALE... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3412 9223 3395 9241 3428 9271 3435 9262 TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 313DEG 20KT 3425 9258 46
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1207 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ARZ055-062-063-081735- CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR-GRANT AR- 1207 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GRANT...NORTHEASTERN DALLAS AND NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOGWOOD...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHERIDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JENKINS FERRY STATE PARK... THIEL... DOGWOOD... GRAPEVINE... FARINDALE... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 3417 9223 3399 9238 3423 9264 3430 9259 TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 307DEG 20KT 3423 9254 46
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:17 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. A few of the trees landed on houses.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured at 65 mph and 67 mph.
Trees and power lines were blown down. A few of the trees landed on houses.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. A few of the trees fell on houses.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. A few of the trees landed on houses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2014
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: 501457, 501451, 501459, 501458, 501454, 501455, 501456, 501453.