An upper level low pressure system, diving into Arkansas from the northwest, triggered isolated an severe storm on the morning of the 8th.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
An upper level low pressure system, diving into Arkansas from the northwest, triggered isolated an severe storm on the morning of the 8th.
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 8, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 645 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2014 .AVIATION... ISOLATED TSRA ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEAST LATER THIS MORNING. HAVE ADDED VCTS TO KHRO AND KBPK...BUT LEFT VCSH AT KLIT. FOG/STRATUS DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AGAIN OVERNIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE CLOSE TO A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS MORNING IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. PRECIP SHOULD TRANSLATE EASTWARD WITH TIME...BUT SHOULDN/T MAKE IT TOO FAR SOUTH BEFORE THE BOUNDARY SLIPS BACK TO THE NORTH AS UPPER RIDGING ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ON THURSDAY...THE RIDGE WILL CONTRACT AGAIN...WITH SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW DEVELOPING. AT THE SAME TIME...LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT TO THE WEST OF THE REGION...AND DRAG IT INTO THE STATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW-MOVING AND WILL EVENTUALLY STALL OUT. THE LIKELIHOOD OF STORMS TO FORM AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...AS WELL AS ENHANCED MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SIMON WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE. LATER IN THE PERIOD...THEY WILL LARGELY BE GOVERNED BY CLOUD COVER AND RAINFALL. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...AS MOISTURE FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY HURRICANE SIMON WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION. WITH BOUNDARY MEANDERING AROUND THE REGION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE SOUTH SUNDAY...BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THERE IS SOME TIMING AND STRENGTH ISSUES WITH THIS TROUGH...AND WENT MORE WITH THE SLOWER GUIDANCE...KEEPING RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED...WHICH WILL BE COOLER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THE PAST FEW DAYS. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT WED OCT 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 WED OCT 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE TODAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THERE COULD BE ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE REGION FRIDAY...AND INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SIMON MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE REGION. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING IN THE FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
625 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2014
ARZ012-021-081155-
JOHNSON AR-NEWTON AR-
625 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTH OF HORSEHEAD LAKE...OR 21 MILES
NORTH OF OZARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOLF PEN CAMPGROUND... OARK...
FRILEY... FALLSVILLE... CATALPA...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3577 9369 3577 9353 3580 9352 3576 9343
3561 9359 3571 9371 3577 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1125Z 303DEG 16KT 3577 9371
58SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
737 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2014
ARZ021-030-081320-
JOHNSON AR-LOGAN AR-
737 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CDT...
AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ALTUS TO NEAR BRANCH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS... CLARKSVILLE... TOKALON...
SUBIACO... SPADRA... SCRANTON...
RATCLIFF... PINEY BAY REC AREA... MT MAGAZINE...
MAGAZINE... LAMAR... KNOXVILLE...
HOYT... HORSEHEAD LAKE... HINKLE...
HARTMAN... COVE LAKE...
CABIN CREEK REC AREA...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 72.
&&
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 3523 9403 3524 9393 3533 9391 3532 9381
3542 9381 3537 9375 3538 9371 3559 9371
3540 9329 3531 9329 3521 9341 3521 9347
3515 9353 3513 9370 3508 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 300DEG 19KT 3549 9369 3528 9391
46The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down and construction barrels were scattered on Arkansas 109 on the south side of Clarskville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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