Daytime heating led to the development of isolated thunderstorms on the afternoon of the 25th.
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Daytime heating led to the development of isolated thunderstorms on the afternoon of the 25th.
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 Aug 25, 12:28 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 128 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE INTENSITY OF THE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION RECENTLY HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN ENOUGH TO SEE MORE CLOUD COVER COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LA GULF COAST IS ALSO AIDING IN ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER. AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED AS A RESULT...WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION ALREADY ONGOING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL LIKELY SEE THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUE...POSSIBLY BECOMING MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. SHOULD SEE THINGS WIND DOWN AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF THE DAYTIME HEATING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SVR IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS MAY PULSE UP TO STRONG TO SVR LEVELS BRIEFLY...WITH SOME STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. A SIMILAR STORY WILL BE SEEN ON TUE...WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS A VERY WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVES WEST OVER THE AREA. WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THIS PRECIP POTENTIAL. WILL LIKELY NOT EXTEND THE HEAT ADV FOR TUE AS OVERALL HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA. HOWEVER...A FEW SPOTS COULD STILL SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES CREST 105 FOR AN HR OR TWO ON TUE. WILL SEE CONTINUED...ALBEIT GRADUAL...WEAKENING OF THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE STATE INTO THU...WITH TEMPS GENERALLY STAYING AT OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN LOW AS WELL...THOUGH WITH CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON ISOLATED CONVECTION. BY LATE THIS WEEK...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS THAT REMAINS WILL SHIFT EAST BY THE WEEKEND...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING INCREASED CHANCES FOR A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIP...AS WELL AS EVEN ALLOWING TEMPS TO POSSIBLY STAY JUST BELOW NORMAL. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE STATE...THE CHANCES FOR A STRONGER SURGE OF DRIER...AND COOLER AIR DOES NOT LOOK VERY GOOD THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 74 95 73 95 / 30 20 10 10 CAMDEN AR 75 93 73 95 / 30 20 10 10 HARRISON AR 72 96 71 93 / 20 20 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 76 93 74 93 / 20 20 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 76 94 74 94 / 20 20 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 75 92 71 94 / 30 10 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 74 92 72 93 / 20 20 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 73 98 72 96 / 20 20 10 10 NEWPORT AR 74 94 72 94 / 30 20 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 75 93 71 94 / 20 20 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 75 95 74 95 / 20 20 10 10 SEARCY AR 75 94 73 94 / 30 20 10 10 STUTTGART AR 75 92 73 93 / 20 20 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT 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-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SEARCY- SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL. && 62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 106 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-261000- 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- 106 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SHORT LIVED STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BEFORE DISSIPATING. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL INTO THE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 110 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM HARRISON...BOONEVILLE AND CAMDEN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IT WILL REMAIN HOT ON TUESDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE FORECAST...BUT HEAT INDICES SHOULD NOT BE AS EXTREME. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN. THIS WILL ALLOW A STORM SYSTEM ALOFT TO SLOWLY ADVANCE TOWARD ARKANSAS FROM THE PLAINS. AT THE SAME TIME...THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE CLOUDS...AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .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. 46
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 237 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ARZ056-057-064-065-252005- ARKANSAS AR-DESHA AR-JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR- 237 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN DESHA AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF GILLETT...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE RIVER NWR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LITTLE BAYOU METO PARK... LANGFORD... GILLETT... ENGLISH LAKE... REYDELL... 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. 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 3397 9142 3420 9167 3431 9135 3418 9126 TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 053DEG 10KT 3418 9137 /62
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
314 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014
ARZ023-252100-
VAN BUREN AR-
314 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL VAN BUREN COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM CDT...
AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHOCTAW...OR NEAR CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTON... CHOCTAW RECREATION AREA...
CHOCTAW... SCOTLAND... FORMOSA...
CULPEPPER...
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.
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 3550 9235 3543 9248 3546 9249 3546 9257
3553 9265 3563 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 059DEG 11KT 3552 9245
44SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 342 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ARZ056-063-064-252110- CLEVELAND AR-JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR- 342 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COTTONDALE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANDALL... PINEBERGEN... LADD... FAITH... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 46. 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. 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 3396 9203 3413 9218 3423 9196 3410 9183 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 052DEG 16KT 3413 9195 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 417 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ARZ005-006-252145- BAXTER AR-FULTON AR- 417 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN FULTON AND NORTHEASTERN BAXTER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF VIOLA...OR 14 MILES WEST OF SALEM...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VIDETTE... GEPP... 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. 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 3637 9219 3650 9216 3647 9197 3635 9201 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 104DEG 9KT 3641 9207 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 418 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ARZ021-022-252140- JOHNSON AR-POPE AR- 418 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN POPE AND EXTREME EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOLO...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOLO... HECTOR... BROOMFIELD... SIMPSON... TREAT... LONG POOL CAMPGROUND... HAGARVILLE... BAYOU BLUFF CAMPGROUND... 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 3546 9320 3564 9318 3560 9293 3546 9294 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 097DEG 10KT 3553 9301 /224
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 437 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ARZ062-063-067-068-252220- BRADLEY AR-CALHOUN AR-CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR- 437 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS...SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KINGSLAND...TO NEW EDINBURG TO NEAR WEEKS...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FORDYCE... WEEKS... TRI COUNTY LAKE... TIPTON... THORNTON... MT ELBA... KINGSLAND... HEBRON... ELLISVILLE... CRANE LAKE... TINSMAN... RAMSEY... ORLANDO... NEW EDINBURG... MARKS MILLS STATE PARK... CHAMBERSVILLE... 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. 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 3359 9250 3389 9255 3390 9214 3364 9211 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 085DEG 17KT 3378 9224 44
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Some damage occurred to roofs on barns and houses, and large limbs were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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