Scattered thunderstorms occurred, primarily due to daytime heating, on the afternoon of the 5th. A couple of the storms produced damage in central Arkansas.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms occurred, primarily due to daytime heating, on the afternoon of the 5th. A couple of the storms produced damage in central Arkansas.
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 Sep 5, 11:20 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1220 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... && .AVIATION... SCT TO EVEN BKN CU ALREADY DEVELOPING...ALONG WITH SOME ISOLATED SHRA ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HRS...WITH ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTH...WITH SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT. HAVE MENTIONED THIS FOR THE NRN SITES. AS THIS FRONT DROPS FURTHER SOUTH ON SAT...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE...BUT COVERAGE MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD AS FURTHER NORTH. EVEN SO...WILL STILL AT LEAST MENTION VCTS ACROSS THE REST OF THE TERMINALS THROUGH MIDDAY SAT. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY...AHEAD OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS. SEVERAL UPPER WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE WEAKENING RIDGE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS/ STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT COULD LAG A BIT...BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKELY THAT NORTHERN AREAS MAY STAY IN THE 70S...AND SOUTHERN AREAS COULD REACH 90 DEGREES. MUCH OF THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE POST-FRONTAL...THUS THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE BEHIND THE FRONT. SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND STALL OUT. THERE WILL BE LINGERING RAIN CHANCES INTO SUNDAY IN THE SOUTH. AFTER THAT...FRONT SHOULD WASH OUT...WITH MONDAY BEING DRY. HIGH TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE IN THE 80S...WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE 60S. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ZONAL FLOW WILL BE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. AND AN UPPER TROUGH WILL OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS TROUGH WILL MOVE TO THE EAST COAST TUESDAY. ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST THURSDAY AS THE TROUGH STRENGTHENS OVER THE EAST. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY AS A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AS MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE AREA. EVEN BETTER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS MUCH COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE COMING OUT OF CANADA. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL PRECEDE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 94 71 80 62 / 30 30 50 40 CAMDEN AR 93 71 89 69 / 20 20 40 40 HARRISON AR 91 68 74 58 / 30 30 50 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 93 73 87 69 / 20 20 40 40 LITTLE ROCK AR 95 72 86 69 / 20 20 40 40 MONTICELLO AR 91 70 87 70 / 30 20 40 40 MOUNT IDA AR 94 69 85 65 / 20 20 40 40 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 94 70 78 59 / 30 30 50 30 NEWPORT AR 93 71 83 63 / 30 30 50 40 PINE BLUFF AR 92 70 84 68 / 20 20 40 40 RUSSELLVILLE AR 94 72 87 65 / 20 20 50 40 SEARCY AR 94 71 84 66 / 30 20 50 40 STUTTGART AR 92 71 84 68 / 30 20 40 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-061000- 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 FRI SEP 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY MORNING FOG WILL BE AROUND THE AREA AGAIN THIS MORNING AND WILL DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN TODAY AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED HOWEVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS NEAR THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH A STRONG STORM OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 51
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 122 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 ARZ053-054-051850- CLARK AR-HOT SPRING AR- 122 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL HOT SPRING AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEGRAY LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DEGRAY LAKE... HALFWAY... DEGRAY LAKE SP... DE ROCHE... CANEY... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 85. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3437 9308 3426 9296 3406 9333 3414 9339 TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 226DEG 10KT 3421 9319 62
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A small, covered dock on Hurricane Lake was destroyed. Boats at the dock were overturned or sunk.
A high-rise motel that was undergoing extensive reconstruction was damaged as thunderstorm winds tore building materials off the side of the motel. Motorcycles and cars were damaged when the building materials fell on them.
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, September 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: 534074, 534076.