A squall line developed ahead of a cold front on the 13th. The line entered western Arkansas during the pre-dawn hours and was already in eastern Arkansas by the end of the morning.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A squall line developed ahead of a cold front on the 13th. The line entered western Arkansas during the pre-dawn hours and was already in eastern Arkansas by the end of the morning. The storms produced damaging winds and three weak tornadoes.
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 Oct 13, 1:57 AM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 257 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS MORNING IS PRETTY MESSY...WITH SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE CENTERS OVER TEXAS/OKLAHOMA NEAR AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND SMALLER MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES FROM NORTH TEXAS WELL INTO ARKANSAS. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...THERE IS PLENTY OF DIFFLUENCE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MID SOUTH...WITH THE NOSE OF THE 50 KNOT JET APPROACHING AT 500 MB. ALL THESE INGREDIENTS COMBINED WILL MAKE FOR SOME ACTIVE WEATHER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH SCATTERED INDIVIDUAL CELLS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THIS IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AS WELL AS NORTH TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. DECENT LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT A HAIL THREAT AS WELL. AND...WITH A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET...AND WINDS BACKING TO THE SOUTHEAST...THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY WITH CELLS OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN AREA. WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER...THE STORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS...AND IT WILL NOT BE UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT A QUICK ONE TO THREE INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. FOR THIS REASON... AND THE FACT THAT MUCH OF NORTHWEST...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS...HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ALSO...HAVE ADJUSTED THE EXPIRATION TIME TO 00Z TO ACCOUNT FOR THE THREAT CONTINUING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE EAST. WINDS WILL BE AN ISSUE TODAY...WITH A STRONG GRADIENT SURROUNDING THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ATTENDANT FRONT. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND AREAS WEST OF THE I-30/US 67 CORRIDORS. OVER THE PRAIRIES OF EASTERN ARKANSAS... WINDS WILL BE A BIT STRONGER...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... AND HIGHER GUSTS. OVER THIS AREA...WILL KEEP THE WIND ADVISORY... WITH THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINING OVER THE NORTHWEST TWO- THIRDS. THE ACTUAL FRONT ITSELF WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS BY THIS EVENING...CLEARING THE AREA LATE. HOWEVER...WITH A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS/SOUTHERN MISSOURI BEHIND THE SYSTEM...THERE WILL BE DECENT WRAPAROUND MOISTURE MOVING IN. CONSEQUENTLY...CONTINUED RAIN CHANCES INTO TUESDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. UPPER RIDGING WILL TRY TO BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THIS WILL CONTRACT ENOUGH TO BRING A WEAK FRONT TOWARD THE REGION...WHICH WILL AFFECT THE AREA JUST BEYOND THE END OF THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN LIMITED...WITH ONLY AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND A WIND SHIFT NOTED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 70S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 73 54 61 49 / 100 50 30 10 CAMDEN AR 78 54 71 51 / 100 30 20 10 HARRISON AR 73 50 59 47 / 100 40 40 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 75 54 68 49 / 100 30 20 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 78 55 66 50 / 100 30 30 10 MONTICELLO AR 77 54 69 51 / 100 40 20 10 MOUNT IDA AR 72 52 68 45 / 100 30 20 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 73 52 60 48 / 100 50 40 10 NEWPORT AR 74 55 62 50 / 100 50 30 10 PINE BLUFF AR 79 54 68 50 / 100 40 20 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 71 54 64 49 / 100 40 30 10 SEARCY AR 71 54 64 49 / 100 40 30 10 STUTTGART AR 77 54 66 52 / 100 40 30 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BAXTER-BOONE-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON- GARLAND-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION- MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT- SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 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- MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI- SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GRANT- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-OUACHITA-PRAIRIE-WHITE- WOODRUFF. && SHORT TERM...57 / LONG TERM...58
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</html>The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:57 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Roofs were partially torn off two chicken houses and there was minor damage to a couple of other chicken house roofs; two old, unused chicken houses were badly damaged; and many trees and some power lines were blown down.
Large trees, power lines, and a power pole were blown down.
A pole barn was blown down, hundreds of trees were uprooted, and power lines and power poles were blown down.
Large limbs were blown down.
A tree was blown down on Mt. Magazine.
Several trees were blown down in the area, including one that fell on a house.
The emergency manager estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph.
Trees were blown down in the southeastern part of Montgomery County.
A tree was blown down.
Large limbs were blown down in Petit Jean State Park.
Large limbs were blown down around Jessieville.
Hundreds of trees were snapped off or blown down. Several trees landed on one house. Outbuildings were damaged or destroyed.
Large limbs were blown down.
Part of a fence was blown down, according to a photo on social media.
A tornado began near the England Country Club and passed a couple of miles north of England. North of England, a large tractor shed had part of its metal roof removed, an old farm shop was flattened, and a house had damage including part of the fence blown down, a wall pushed in, yard ornaments thrown around, and a swimming pool damaged. All three of these structures had been damaged by a previous tornado on October 2nd. A large, intermodal shipping container, being used for storage, was flipped on its side.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 2014Warnings in Arkansas, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 539629, 539628, 539608, 539859, 539860, 539863, 539866, 539867, 539868, 539870, 539873, 539781, 539874, 539877, 539597.