An upper level low pressure system wandered slowly around the area from the 27th through the 31st. Showers and thunderstorms occurred each day, especially during the afternoons and evenings.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
An upper level low pressure system wandered slowly around the area from the 27th through the 31st. Showers and thunderstorms occurred each day, especially during the afternoons and evenings. Some of the storms produced gusty winds and locally heavy rain.
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 May 27, 11:44 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1244 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 .AVIATION... THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH TEXAS DRAWING MOISTURE UP FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS ARKANSAS AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. MAINLY VFR AND MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...THOUGH SOME IFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE EARLY MORNING WITH LOW CEILINGS AND PATCHY FOG. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 945 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014/ DISCUSSION... EARLIER UPDATED TO LOWER POPS A BIT OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AR BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS HOLDING MORE OVER THE RIVER RIVER IN SW OK AND SPINNING...THEN SHOWING SIGNS OF MOVEMENT EAST. ALSO THE LARGE CONVECTION AREA OVER EAST TX AND MOVING INTO LA HAS HELD BACK SOME MOISTURE INFLUX AND ENERGY GETTING TO AR. THE UPPER ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE LOW IS BEING STRETCHED OUT AND WEAKENED AS IT MOVES OVER WESTERN TO CENTRAL AR. THE 12Z KLZK SOUNDING HAD A PRECIP WATER VALUE UP FROM 1.43 INCHES MON TO 1.52 INCHES TODAY. MAY ADJUST AFTERNOON POPS DOWN A BIT ALSO BASED ON TRENDS WITH LATE MORNING UPDATE. TEMPS ON TRACK. OTHERWISE...REST OF FORECAST WILL ONLY BE FINE TUNED. HAVE CONSIDERED FLASH FLOOD WATCH POTENTIAL FOR SOUTHERN TO SW AR AREAS...BUT AT THIS TIME...DUE TO THE RAIN EVENT OVER SEVERAL DAYS...WILL HOLD OFF AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR. (59) PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 616 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014/ AVIATION... CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE TODAY FROM VFR TO MVFR... AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION. BY LATE TONIGHT... IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVAILING. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY FILL IN THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MID DAY. THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. TAFS OUT SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 329 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING THIS MORNING DUE TO LARGE SCALE DIFFLUENCE AND WAVES OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY PASSING ACROSS THE STATE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OUT IN THE PANHANDLES REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THROUGH THE DAY AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL FEATURE MOVES INTO ARKANSAS AND INTERACTS WITH THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARKANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...KEEPING CHANCES FOR PRECIP IN THE FORECAST EVERY DAY. HOWEVER...THE BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES...OR POSSIBLY MORE...CANNOT RULED OUT. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LESSER RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH GENERALLY AROUND 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS WILL GET AROUND AN INCH OR SO. IT SHOULD GO WITH OUT SAYING THAT HEAVIER AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS DEPENDING ON HOW THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKS. CLOUD COVER AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL SUPPRESS TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH READINGS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL FOR THE END OF MAY. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY OUR FRIENDLY UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXERT SOME INFLUENCE DURING MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIODS. THIS WILL BE IN THE RESULT OF SCATTERED...LARGELY DIURNALLY-DRIVEN CONVECTION EACH DAY. BY MONDAY...RIDGING WILL START TO TRY TO BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST... WITH THE UPPER LOW GRADUALLY SHIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THROUGH THE PERIOD...TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO OR A LITTLE ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. HOWEVER...THESE WILL LARGELY BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTION COVERAGE AND DURATION EACH DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 65 81 66 84 / 50 60 40 40 CAMDEN AR 67 81 66 84 / 70 70 50 60 HARRISON AR 62 80 63 82 / 50 50 30 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 66 79 66 82 / 70 70 40 50 LITTLE ROCK AR 67 82 67 84 / 60 70 40 50 MONTICELLO AR 67 81 67 84 / 70 70 50 60 MOUNT IDA AR 65 78 65 81 / 70 60 40 50 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 63 81 64 83 / 50 50 30 40 NEWPORT AR 66 82 67 85 / 50 60 40 40 PINE BLUFF AR 67 81 67 84 / 70 70 50 50 RUSSELLVILLE AR 65 81 65 83 / 60 60 40 50 SEARCY AR 65 82 66 85 / 60 60 40 50 STUTTGART AR 67 82 67 84 / 60 70 40 50 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000- 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 TUE MAY 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES OUT OF TEXAS AND INTO THE REGION. WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED... BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THE SYSTEM WILL MEANDER AROUND THE REGION...WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN EXPECTED. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME...IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WILL BE A WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOOD THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 57
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 138 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ARZ014-015-024-271920- CLEBURNE AR-IZARD AR-STONE AR- 138 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN STONE...SOUTHERN IZARD AND NORTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREERS FERRY...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREERS FERRY LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOUNTAIN VIEW... LUNENBURG... LONE STAR... HERPEL... BRANDENBERG... WOODROW... TWIN CREEK... SYLAMORE SHOOTING RANGE... SYLAMORE BIKE TRAIL... SYLAMORE... SAINT JAMES... PRIM... PARMA... OPTIMUS... LUBER... HANOVER... GUION... BREWER... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3605 9218 3604 9187 3564 9192 3565 9218 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 182DEG 19KT 3569 9204 /59
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 138 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ARZ043>045-055-056-271910- GRANT AR-JEFFERSON AR-LONOKE AR-PULASKI AR-SALINE AR- 138 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SALINE... SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...EXTREME WESTERN LONOKE...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDFIELD...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHERWOOD... N LITTLE ROCK ARPT... NORTH LITTLE ROCK... DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK... WRIGHTSVILLE... SWEET HOME... SCOTT... REDFIELD... PROTHRO JUNCTION... ORION... MCALMONT... LEVY... LAKEWOOD... IRONTON... ESTES... LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT... STATE FAIRGROUNDS... CAMP ROBINSON... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 142. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 163. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 630 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3485 9234 3484 9207 3441 9212 3441 9230 TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 181DEG 35KT 3444 9221 51
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A large limb broke off a tree on the edge of the Arkansas State Capitol grounds. The limb fell on a passing car, resulting in one injury.
A large tree fell onto a house and van on Crystal Hill Rd. due to saturated ground and wet foliage. A woman in the house was injured.
Multiple roads in Malvern and eastern Hot Spring County became impassable. Some vehicles were stranded in the high water, and water entered at least two 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, May 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: 508649, 509508, 509507.