A cluster of thunderstorms, known as a mesoscale convective system (MCS), developed well to the northwest of Arkansas on the evening of the 9th. The thunderstorms entered northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 10th and then re-intensified in the state during the afternoon.
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A cluster of thunderstorms, known as a mesoscale convective system (MCS), developed well to the northwest of Arkansas on the evening of the 9th. The thunderstorms entered northwest Arkansas on the morning of the 10th and then re-intensified in the state during the afternoon. A few storms became severe and produced heavy rainfall.
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 Jul 10, 11:42 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1242 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014 .AVIATION... THE REMNANTS OF AN MCS IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME. EARLIER IT WAS WEAKENING...NOW IT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF REGENERATING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING STRONGER IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...AND THESE WILL MOVE EAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS IN VICINITY OF SURFACE BOUNDARY. PRECIPITATION WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING. VFR AND MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1000 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014/ DISCUSSION... OVERALL FORECAST ON TRACK. MORNING CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN AR MOVING SE AND WEAKENING. TSTORM COMPLEX OVER NE OK SLOWLY MOVING ESE WITH SOME WEAKENING...BUT DO EXPECT SOME OF IT TO HOLD TOGETHER AND BRING NW AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL SOME CHANCES OF RAIN. ON THE MAP THE FRONT HAS BECOME MORE WASHED OUT...WITH SOME ANALYSIS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AR...WITH DEW POINT TEMPS IN THE 60S NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY WHILE IN THE LOWER 70S SOUTH. TEMPS WERE ALSO A FEW DEGREES LOWER NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. 12Z KLZK SOUNDING HAD A MOIST LOWER SURFACE TO 8K FEET LAYER..WITH PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 1.13 INCHES...WHILE ABOVE 8K FEET QUITE DRY. THIS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION DEVELOP TODAY...AS WELL AS WEAK UPPER SHORT WAVE ENERGY AND THE WASHED OUT BOUNDARY. THEREFORE JUST A SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING...WITH THE MAIN AREA IN THE NORTHWEST A BIT HIGHER. CIRRUS CLOUD BLOW OFF FROM THE CONVECTION IN THE NW WILL STREAM OVER AR TODAY...AND WILL HOLD TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES AND HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S...WHILE AREAS THAT SEE MORE SUN WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. WILL FINE TUNE A FEW ELEMENTS FOR LATE MORNING UPDATE...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED. (59) PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 646 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014/ AVIATION...10/12Z TAF CYCLE SCTD SHRA/TSRA WL CONT TO AFFECT PARTS OF SRN AR THIS MRNG IN THE VCNTY OF A STALLED FNTL BNDRY. KEPT A MENTION OF VCSH/VCTS AT KADF AND KLLQ. PATCHY BR WL BE NOTED OVR THE REST OF THE FA EARLY THIS MRNG WITH BRIEF MVFR CONDS POSSIBLE. FOCUS THEN TURNS TO COMPLEX OF STORMS WORKING INTO NERN OK ATTM. MODEL DATA CONT TO INDC THE REMNANTS OF THIS SYS COULD AFFECT PARTS OF WRN AND CNTRL AR BY THIS AFTN. DUE TO FCST UNCERTAINTIES...KEPT PROB30/VCTS IN THE FCST FOR NOW AND MONITOR TRENDS THRU THE MRNG HRS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDS WL PREVAIL. /44/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 414 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT CONVECTION IS ONCE AGAIN ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...ALBEIT MUCH MORE SPARSE WITH REGARD TO COVERAGE. EXPECT THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK THEN DIE OFF THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MEANWHILE A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD SWEEP THROUGH MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THAT IS JUST AS MORNING TIME CONVECTION IS DYING DOWN IT WILL LIKELY BE REPLACED BY MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS THIS MORNING SHOW A FRONT SITUATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...ROUGHLY FROM JUST NORTH OF FORT SMITH OVER TO JUST NORTH OF SEARCY AND MEMPHIS. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MIGRATE BACK TO THE NORTH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. WHILE THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLD TSTMS TOMORROW...THERE IS NO CLEAR SIGNAL AS TO WHERE THEY WILL OCCUR SO JUST HAVE SOME BROAD BRUSHED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY. THE REAL STORY FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE THE WARMING TREND. AFTERNOON HIGHS SHOULD CREEP INTO THE UPPER 90S BY SATURDAY. MODELS HAVE NOW COME INTO AGREEMENT ON A MORE REASONABLE MAX TEMP FORECAST FOR SATURDAY...NOW SHOWING HIGHS AT OR BELOW 97...VERSUS TRIPLE DIGIT HIGHS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS IN PREVIOUS RUNS. HIGHS 95-97 SEEM MUCH MORE LIKELY THAN 100 GIVEN THE RECENT RAINFALL. STAYED THE COURSE IN THAT RESPECT...CAPPING HIGHS AT 97 IN THE WARMEST SPOTS FOR SATURDAY. PUT IN SIMILAR VALUES ON SUNDAY BUT STILL UNDERCUT GUIDANCE AS THE MAJORITY ARE STILL SHOWING A HIGH BIAS I BELIEVE. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE VARIOUS MODEL SOLUTIONS CONT TO INDC ANOTHER UPR LVL PATTERN CHG EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN UPR RDG WL SHIFT BACK WWD AS AN UPR LOW PASSES ACRS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE RESULTING NWLY FLOW ALOFT OVR THE CNTRL STATES WL BRING A NEW CDFNT SWD THRU AR DURG THE LATTER PART OF THE PD. THIS LEADS TO THE MAIN FCST CONCERN...THAT BE THE TIMING OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CDFNT THRU THE FA. THE LATEST GFS IS NOW THE SLOWEST WITH THE FROPA THRU THE FA COMPARED TO THE ECMWF AND GEM. STUCK WITH A BLEND OF THE VARIOUS SOLUTIONS REGARDING FROPA LATE MON AND TUE. SCT POPS WERE MAINTAINED AS WELL WITH DATA SUGGESTING A MAJORITY OF THE PRECIP WL BE POST FNTL. MOS TEMPS SEEMED REASONABLE THRU THE PD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 69 91 73 95 / 20 20 10 10 CAMDEN AR 71 95 74 97 / 20 20 10 10 HARRISON AR 69 91 71 93 / 30 20 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 72 94 73 95 / 30 20 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 72 93 74 96 / 30 20 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 72 94 74 96 / 20 20 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 71 93 72 94 / 30 20 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 68 91 71 95 / 30 20 10 10 NEWPORT AR 69 91 72 94 / 20 20 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 71 94 74 96 / 20 20 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 71 93 73 95 / 30 20 10 10 SEARCY AR 70 92 72 94 / 20 20 10 10 STUTTGART AR 71 92 73 95 / 20 20 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111000- 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 THU JUL 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY...NEAR THE LOUISIANA BORDER...WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WHILE A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...THE CHANCES OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW. MEANWHILE...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WORKING SOUTHEASTWARD AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND EVENTUALLY INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT BACK NORTHWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ALONG THE RETREATING FRONT ON FRIDAY WILL BE SPOTTY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES IN ALL BUT THE OZARK MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHWEST. IT APPEARS THE HEAT WILL BE TEMPORARY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND THAT WILL ALLOW ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE NATURAL STATE. COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1223 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014
ARZ012-021-022-030-037-038-101805-
JOHNSON AR-LOGAN AR-NEWTON AR-POPE AR-SCOTT AR-YELL AR-
1223 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN YELL...NORTHEASTERN
SCOTT...NORTHWESTERN POPE...NEWTON...LOGAN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL
100 PM CDT...
AT 1217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND THIS AREA WILL MOVE INTO
LOGAN...JOHNSON AND NEWTON COUNTIES. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
SMALL HAIL AROUND PEA SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON ROADWAYS WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS... LOST VALLEY SP... JASPER...
CLARKSVILLE... BOONEVILLE... WOODLAND...
WALNUT... UPPER BUFFALO WILDERNESS AREA...
TOKALON... SUBIACO...
STONEHOUSE REC AREA... SPADRA...
SCRANTON... ROSETTA... RATCLIFF...
PRUITT... PINEY BAY REC AREA... PIERCETOWN...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 78.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
HEAVY 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 3494 9424 3515 9410 3515 9404 3523 9404
3524 9393 3533 9391 3532 9381 3542 9382
3538 9371 3574 9370 3578 9368 3577 9352
3588 9353 3600 9345 3611 9346 3609 9304
3508 9324
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 270DEG 23KT 3529 9384
/59SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1256 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014
ARZ012-021-022-030-037-038-101840-
JOHNSON AR-LOGAN AR-NEWTON AR-POPE AR-SCOTT AR-YELL AR-
1256 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN YELL...NORTHEASTERN
SCOTT...WESTERN POPE...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...LOGAN AND JOHNSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...
AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENNING...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SMALL HAIL FROM PEA UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS
UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND ON ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS... DANVILLE... CLARKSVILLE...
BOONEVILLE... WOODLAND... WALNUT...
TOKALON... SUBIACO...
STONEHOUSE REC AREA... SPADRA...
SCRANTON... ROSETTA... RATCLIFF...
PINEY BAY REC AREA... PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA...
MT NEBO SP... MT MAGAZINE... MOSLEY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 76.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
VERY HEAVY 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 3524 9396 3524 9393 3532 9392 3532 9381
3542 9381 3537 9375 3538 9371 3567 9371
3576 9368 3577 9353 3580 9352 3588 9319
3507 9324 3489 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 277DEG 22KT 3539 9374
/59SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 141 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014 ARZ021>023-030-031-038-039-101925- CONWAY AR-JOHNSON AR-LOGAN AR-PERRY AR-POPE AR-VAN BUREN AR-YELL AR- 141 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YELL...WESTERN VAN BUREN... POPE...NORTHERN PERRY...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND WESTERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF MOSLEY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELLVILLE... PERRYVILLE... MORRILTON... DANVILLE... TARAL... ST. VINCENT... SOLO... SOLGOHACHIA... SEQUOYA PARK... POTTSVILLE... PLAINVIEW... PINEY BAY REC AREA... PETIT JEAN STATE PARK... PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA... PETIT JEAN MTN... PERRY... OPPELO... OLA... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 114. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. HEAVY 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 3568 9272 3503 9259 3485 9365 3550 9340 TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 267DEG 36KT 3518 9329 /59
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down, blocking Arkansas 27.
A tree fell, damaging electrical distribution equipment.
A number of streets were flooded in Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Maumelle.
A tree fell on Spring Lake Rd. in Watson Chapel.
Several trees were blown down in Pine Bluff.
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, July 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: 519126, 519127, 519128, 519129, 519130.