Heavy rainfall around the 9th and 10th caused some rivers to flood.
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Heavy rainfall around the 9th and 10th caused some rivers to flood.
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 Jun 9, 5:58 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 658 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR THE 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SITUATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE AS OF 11Z...BUT BY 1145Z IT WAS BEGINNING TO BREAK UP A BIT. HAVE SOME BREAKS OR LIGHTENING OF SHRA/TSRA CONDITIONS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SITES FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING BUT THE NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL MOVE IN BY LATE MORNING...EFFECTIVELY YIELDING SHRA OR TSRA AT ALL CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SITES FROM 18Z THROUGH 00Z OR THEREABOUTS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL REACH NRN TERMINALS BY 15Z OR SO. OTHERWISE FLIGHT CATEGORIES ARE GOING TO BE LOW THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD...WITH AT LEAST MVFR CIGS IF NOT IFR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 450 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT CONVECTION ON SUN EVENING PUSHED A FNTL BNDRY FURTHER SWD TO THE VCNTY OF THE AR/LA BRDR. ADDITIONAL ELEVATED STORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED N OF THE BNDRY ACRS THE SRN HALF OF THE FA SINCE MIDNIGHT. TEMPS ACRS THE FA EARLY THIS MRNG WERE MAINLY IN THE 60S. THE AFOREMENTIONED FNTL BNDRY WL EVENTUALLY LIFT BACK NWD AS A WARM FNT LATER TODAY. SCTD TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION WL ALSO BE NOTED ALONG AND N OF THE BNDRY. WHILE A FEW STRONG OR SVR STORMS COULD BE POSSIBLE...LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL WL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS ACTIVITY. MEANWHILE...THE MAIN UPR LVL STORM SYS WL TRACK SLOLY EWD ACRS THE PLAINS STATES AND EVENTUALLY PASS ACRS THE MID SOUTH TUE AND WED. WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA WL CONT TO AFFECT THE FA TODAY AND TNGT...WITH LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE CURRENT FF WATCH WAS MADE AND IT WAS ALSO EXTENDED THRU THIS EVENING. POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG AND SVR STORMS WL ALSO CONT TODAY AND TNGT...ESP ACRS THE SERN HALF OF THE FA WHERE AIRMASS WL BE MORE UNSTABLE LATER TODAY AS WARM FNT LIFTS NWD. HEAVIER CONVECTION WL EVENTUALLY SHIFT E OF THE FA TNGT AS THE SFC LOW TRACKS ACRS NRN AR...ALONG WITH THE ASSOCD CDFNT. DRIER AIR ALOFT WL MOVE IN FM THE SW...ALLOWING FOR AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN TO DCRS LATER TNGT. RAIN CHCS WL LINGER ACRS THE AREA TUE AND TUE NGT AS THE STORM SYS SLOLY TRACKS FURTHER EWD. A WEAK RDG OF HIGH PRES WL BRING A BRIEF PD OF DRIER CONDS WED INTO THU. HOWEVER...SCTD RAIN CHCS WL RETURN BY THU FM THE NW AS A NEW STORM SYS HEADS OUR WAY FM THE PLAINS. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A BIT MORE UNCERTAINTY HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. GFS AND EUROPEAN MODELS ARE NOW VASTLY DIFFERENT HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE TRAVERSING THE STATE ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE SO BROAD-BRUSHED CHANCE POPS ARE IN THE FORECAST AS A RESULT. FROM THERE THE FORECAST SOLUTIONS DIVERGE...WITH THE GFS PUSHING THE TROUGH EAST OF THE AREA AND YIELDING DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE FORECAST AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. THE EURO BUILDS A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES...EFFECTIVELY FORCING THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH TO FORM A WEAK CUTOFF LOW OVER THE STATE WITH SHOWERY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NOT REAL SURE EITHER SOLUTION IS CORRECT BUT HEDGED TOWARDS THE WITH REGARD TO RAIN AS I SUSPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 76 66 77 61 / 90 80 70 30 CAMDEN AR 84 68 82 64 / 90 70 60 20 HARRISON AR 73 61 73 59 / 90 80 60 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 78 65 79 63 / 90 70 50 20 LITTLE ROCK AR 80 67 80 63 / 90 80 60 20 MONTICELLO AR 85 69 82 66 / 90 80 60 20 MOUNT IDA AR 77 63 77 61 / 90 70 50 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 73 63 74 59 / 90 80 70 40 NEWPORT AR 78 67 79 63 / 90 90 70 30 PINE BLUFF AR 82 68 81 65 / 90 80 60 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 78 63 77 61 / 90 70 50 30 SEARCY AR 79 66 78 63 / 90 80 60 20 STUTTGART AR 82 68 80 65 / 90 80 60 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BAXTER-BOONE-CLARK- CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE- IZARD-JACKSON-JOHNSON-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY- NEWTON-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 536 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101045- 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- 536 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE STATE TODAY...BUT ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW TODAY...BUT IT IS POSSIBLE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEEN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS...WITH A LESSER THREAT OF DAMAGING HAIL. ADDITIONALLY...THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY BEFORE A BIT OF A BREAK IS SEEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATER IN THE WEEK. ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY LOW...THE BEST CHANCES FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. THE NEXT SYSTEM TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE FORECAST WILL ARRIVE ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THAT SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage during the morning hours of the 9th. This river then fell back below flood stage during the late afternoon hours of the 11th.
Heavy rainfall caused the Fourche LaFave River at Houston to rise above flood stage during the early morning hours of the 10th. This river then fell back below flood stage during the early evening hours of the 11th.
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, June 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: 530540, 530537.