A cold front dropped slowly south into central sections of Arkansas on the 8th, with scattered thunderstorms developing across portions of western Arkansas along and ahead of this front. The front became nearly stationary during the evening of the 8th, with rounds of thunderstorms developing along and south of this boundary through the night of the 8th and the morning of the 9th.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A cold front dropped slowly south into central sections of Arkansas on the 8th, with scattered thunderstorms developing across portions of western Arkansas along and ahead of this front. The front became nearly stationary during the evening of the 8th, with rounds of thunderstorms developing along and south of this boundary through the night of the 8th and the morning of the 9th. Some additional storms also developed on the 10th. Excessive amounts of rain fell in parts of western Arkansas. A few of the storms produced some wind damage as well.
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 8, 8:52 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 952 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 .UPDATE... NEAR TERM FORECASTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED...TO REFLECT PRECIPITATION TRENDS. BROKEN LINE OF SHRA/TSRA FROM SEARCY...TO CAMDEN...MOVING EASTWARD...HAS BEEN PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 0.5 TO 0.75 PER HOUR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 645 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014/ AVIATION... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH TODAY BEFORE STALLING ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH PRECIPITATION COVERAGE INCREASING OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH THE STALLED FRONT. THERE WILL BE SOME PATCHY FOG/MVFR VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTY MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL EXIST NEAR STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH/EAST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE WEST/SOUTHWEST AT 6 TO 12 MPH TODAY...AND SOUTH/SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AT 3 TO 6 MPH. (46) SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA WILL AGAIN BE SEEN ACROSS THE CWA THIS FRI AS A WEAK FRONT DROPS FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS MO TOWARDS AR. WITH ANY RESIDUAL SFC BOUNDARIES FROM PRECIP ON THU...ALONG WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE...WILL KEEP MAINLY JUST CHANCE POPS GOING FOR MOST LOCATIONS. WILL LIKELY SEE TEMPS WARM BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S FOR HIGHS...THOUGH SOME COOLER TEMPS WILL BE SEEN IN AREAS THAT CONVECTION DEVELOPS. CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...GENERALLY OF THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED VARIETY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT SAGS SOUTH INTO THE STATE. FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO TRANSITION BACK TO A MORE NWRLY FLOW...AND WITH ANY DISTURBANCES THAT PASS OVERHEAD...THESE SITUATIONS WILL ALSO AID IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. TEMPS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY AROUND NORMAL...WITH UPPER 80S TO MID 90S EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. COOLER TEMPS CAN BE EXPECTED IF PRECIP COVERAGE IS MORE EXPANSIVE THAN THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED NATURE CURRENTLY FORECAST. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE EXPECTED BY LATE IN THE PERIOD...WITH CHANCES FOR PRECIP AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPS EXPECTED. HOWEVER..A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FRONT LOOKS TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE STATE TO END THE SHORT TERM...WHICH MAY WARRANT HIGHER POPS AS THIS PERIOD GETS CLOSER. REGARDING SVR WX POTENTIAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SVR WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO BE SEEN. WITH DEWPT LEVELS EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY IN THE 70S...AND WITH TEMPS AROUND NORMAL...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL INCREASE OVER 100 DEG IN SEVERAL SPOTS DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF EACH AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...LOOKS LIKE VALUES IN GENERAL WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW HEAT ADV CRITERIA AT THIS TIME...BUT THE HEAT ADV MAY NEED CONSIDERATION IF THIS EXPECTATION CHANGES. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DATA IS A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE IN THE LATEST RUNS THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS. IT APPEARS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL GRADUALLY FLATTEN...AND THAT WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH. THE FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR. WHILE THE PERIOD WILL START WITH SUMMERLIKE TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL DROP BY SEVERAL DEGREES AS THE PERIOD PROGRESSES. OVERALL...BELOW NORMAL READINGS ARE IN THE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 91 73 93 72 / 30 40 30 30 CAMDEN AR 92 75 95 76 / 50 20 20 20 HARRISON AR 89 69 90 69 / 30 40 30 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 91 74 93 76 / 40 30 20 20 LITTLE ROCK AR 91 75 93 75 / 30 30 20 20 MONTICELLO AR 90 74 92 75 / 60 20 20 20 MOUNT IDA AR 92 73 93 74 / 40 30 20 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 90 70 91 70 / 30 40 40 30 NEWPORT AR 90 73 91 72 / 30 40 30 30 PINE BLUFF AR 90 74 92 75 / 60 30 20 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 93 74 94 74 / 40 40 30 20 SEARCY AR 90 73 91 73 / 30 40 30 20 STUTTGART AR 89 73 91 74 / 60 30 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 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- 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS BEFORE STALLING. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT...STORM COVERAGE MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. THIS WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO A STORM SYSTEM ARRIVING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTERACTING WITH THE STALLED FRONT. A SEVERE STORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. SURROUNDING THE FRONT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SPOTTY. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...AND THIS WILL MAKE STORMS MORE EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IT WILL FEEL LIKE SUMMER...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES IN ALL BUT THE OZARKS MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHWEST. ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...IT APPEARS A STRONGER FRONT WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA FROM MISSOURI. AFTER A ROUND OF STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FOLLOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... GIVEN ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && 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
936 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
ARZ066-067-081500-
CALHOUN AR-OUACHITA AR-
936 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OUACHITA AND
SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...
AT 936 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALION...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NORPHLET...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANDARD UMPSTEAD... MILLERS BLUFF... DELHI...
ARTESIAN...
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 3332 9248 3331 9253 3335 9254 3337 9257
3335 9261 3335 9268 3337 9271 3352 9266
3346 9239 3328 9237 3328 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 292DEG 15KT 3341 9258
/55SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 958 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ARZ045-046-056-057-081530- ARKANSAS AR-JEFFERSON AR-LONOKE AR-PRAIRIE AR- 958 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PRAIRIE...SOUTHEASTERN LONOKE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 956 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF HUMNOKE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF STUTTGART...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STUTTGART MUNI ARPT... PARKERS CORNER... HUMNOKE... BRUMMITT... FAIRMOUNT... ALLPORT... 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 3462 9151 3442 9161 3452 9186 3467 9177 TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 288DEG 16KT 3458 9176 44
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:19 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down, and one of the trees landed on a house.
Rainfall measured 2.09 inches in one hour at the Danville river gage.
Water covered parts of Belleville Ridge Rd.
Rainfall measured 1.71 inches in two hours.
Rainfall measured 2.82 inches in an hour and 45 minutes.
Rainfall measured 1.45 inches in 30 minutes.
Water covered parts of U.S. 71 and entered one home.
Numerous tree limbs were blown down, and shingles were blown off some homes.
Trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Paris, and just east of town.
Strong winds snapped several limbs off a tree.
Several trees were blown down in Clarksville.
Trees and power lines were blown down near Dover.
Trees were blown down on Arkansas 27, about 3 miles west of Dardanelle.
A tree was blown down in Russellville, and there were reports of trees and power lines down across the county.
Rainfall measured 2.19 inches between 3:39 and 4:39 PM CDT. Yard flooding occurred, even on a fairly steep grade.
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, August 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: 528499, 527432, 527435, 527436, 527440, 527438, 527439, 526385, 526386, 526387, 526388, 526389, 526390, 526391, 527444.