A storm system dropped southeast across the plains into the Natural State late in June. This storm system interacted with some unstable air in place across the state, resulting in some severe weather and flash flooding.
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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 storm system dropped southeast across the plains into the Natural State late in June. This storm system interacted with some unstable air in place across the state, resulting in some severe weather and flash flooding.
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 26, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 245 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT. CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ALONG AN INSTABILITY AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ADVANCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ALL SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND A BLEND OF FORECAST SOLUTIONS IS PREFERRED. BOUNDARY IS FORECASTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE THIS EVENING BEFORE CLEARING THE STATE EARLY SATURDAY. AS FRONT SAGS TO THE SOUTH...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING WITH A GENERAL HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH RAIN EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL IMPOSSIBLE NEAR AND NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE FOR THE WEEKEND BEHIND THE FRONT. UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES HIGHLY AMPLIFIED WITH A SPRAWLING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND SUBSEQUENT DOWNSTREAM TROFFING COVERING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION. THIS WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS SETTLING IN WITH TEMPERATURES 10 DEGREES OR MORE COOLER VERSUS WHAT THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED THE PAST WEEK. UPPER FLOW WILL ALLOW ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH MINIMAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES EXPECTED. MAV/MEX NUMBERS LOOK GOOD AND ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... WEAK NW FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE STATE AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD WITH A TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND A RIDGE OVER THE SWRN CONUS. EVEN WITH THIS WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT...FLOW NEAR THE SFC WILL REMAIN SRLY...WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO REMAIN AROUND NORMAL. WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL KEEP SOME RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE WEEK WHEN ANOTHER FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO THE STATE. HOWEVER...KEEP POPS IN THE LOW CHANCE CATEGORY EACH DAY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT FORCING MECHANISMS EXPECTED UNTIL THU NIGHT. EVEN THEN...TIMING DIFFERENCES ALSO KEEP POPS FROM GETTING TOO HIGH AT THIS TIME. OVERALL...THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT LOOKS TO REMAIN AT BAY FOR NOW THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH NEAR NORMAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 66 83 63 85 / 60 10 0 10 CAMDEN AR 72 87 66 90 / 60 30 10 0 HARRISON AR 62 80 61 83 / 50 10 0 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 70 86 66 88 / 60 10 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 70 86 68 88 / 60 10 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 72 85 66 88 / 60 40 10 0 MOUNT IDA AR 69 85 63 87 / 60 10 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 64 81 61 84 / 60 10 0 10 NEWPORT AR 67 84 65 86 / 60 10 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 71 84 67 87 / 60 20 10 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 68 85 65 87 / 60 10 0 0 SEARCY AR 68 84 65 86 / 60 10 0 0 STUTTGART AR 70 84 68 87 / 60 20 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...62 / LONG TERM...56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-271000- 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 JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE NATURAL STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1255 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
ARZ004>006-015-261840-
BAXTER AR-FULTON AR-IZARD AR-MARION AR-
1255 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MARION...NORTHWESTERN
IZARD...WESTERN FULTON AND BAXTER COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...
AT 1253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
MOUNTAIN HOME TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLIPPIN TO 4 MILES WEST OF
YELLVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YELLVILLE... MOUNTAIN HOME... VIOLA...
STURKIE... SHIPP... SALESVILLE...
SALEM ARPT... RUSH... RODNEY...
ROBINSON PT LNDG... OTT... NORFORK DAM...
NORFORK... LOWER BUFFALO WILDERNESS AREA...
LION HILL... HERRON... GASSVILLE...
GAMALIEL LANDING...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3650 9189 3632 9181 3616 9212 3611 9249
3611 9272 3622 9287 3647 9220 3651 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 277DEG 17KT 3633 9232 3625 9255
3622 9274
62SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 126 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ARZ006-007-015-261855- FULTON AR-IZARD AR-SHARP AR- 126 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SHARP...NORTHERN IZARD AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF MELBOURNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MELBOURNE... ASH FLAT... OXFORD... MYRON... LACROSSE... HORSESHOE BEND... FRANKLIN... BALLARD... ZION... WISEMAN... VIOLET HILL... UNION... SAGE... LARKIN... EVENING SHADE... BROCKWELL... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN! LAT...LON 3623 9152 3601 9156 3608 9204 3629 9196 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 277DEG 23KT 3615 9191 62
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 135 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ARZ003-004-012-013-261920- BOONE AR-MARION AR-NEWTON AR-SEARCY AR- 135 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BOONE... NORTHWESTERN SEARCY...NORTHEASTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JASPER... WESTERN GROVE... SAINT JOE... PRUITT... POINT PETER... PIERCETOWN... MARSENA... EULA... ERBIE... DUFF... CARVER... YARDELLE... WOOLUM RECREATION AREA... VENDOR... SNOWBALL... SILVER HILL... PINDALL... PARTHENON... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3610 9270 3586 9274 3596 9330 3614 9327 TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 278DEG 20KT 3603 9318 56
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
234 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
ARZ016-262005-
INDEPENDENCE AR-
234 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF CUSHMAN...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE... MOOREFIELD... SULPHUR ROCK...
SANDTOWN... PFEIFFER... JAMES...
GAINESBORO... CURIA... CHARLOTTE...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3572 9139 3579 9178 3591 9175 3594 9147
3589 9146 3589 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 273DEG 16KT 3585 9168
62SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 254 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ARZ013-021-022-262025- JOHNSON AR-POPE AR-SEARCY AR- 254 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SEARCY... NORTHERN POPE AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BERTHA...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOLO... SMYRNA... SIMPSON... TREAT... LONG POOL CAMPGROUND... BAYOU BLUFF CAMPGROUND... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN! LAT...LON 3573 9291 3548 9291 3556 9326 3566 9326 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 268DEG 19KT 3562 9316 226
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
257 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
ARZ012-021-262025-
JOHNSON AR-NEWTON AR-
257 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND NORTHERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF HORSEHEAD LAKE...OR 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSETTA... MINERAL SPGS REC AREA...
DEVILS KNOB... YALE...
WOLF PEN CAMPGROUND... SALUS...
OZONE... OARK... HILLCREST...
HIGH BANK... FRILEY... FALLSVILLE...
CATALPA...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3577 9370 3577 9369 3577 9353 3579 9352
3579 9327 3552 9330 3561 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 280DEG 20KT 3568 9361
226The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were reported down along County Road 4100.
A few trees were reported down along U.S. Highway 64.
Several trees were snapped near ground level.
Several trees were reported down near Crow Mountain.
Several trees and powerlines were blown down in the area.
A few trees were blown down in the area.
High winds blew down a few trees in Mountain Pine.
A tree fell onto a power line near Hot Springs Village.
Wind was gust estimated.
One tree was snapped near ground level.
A tree was blown down on Southeastern Road.
A few trees were blown over near the intersection of McCain and Warden Rd.
Some trees were blown down along Maddox Road.
Several trees were blown down across downtown Little Rock.
Several roads in downtown Conway were severely flooded, with some businesses having water entering their buildings.
Just north of Joplin, thunderstorm winds blew down trees onto cars and camping trailers at the Tompkins Bend Use Area.
A rainfall amount of 1.98 inches was observed in one hour.
There was water over portions of Highway 27 north of Mt. Ida.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2015
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: 587200, 587201, 587205, 587208, 587209, 587210, 587247, 587248, 587211, 587214, 587217, 587218, 587246, 587219, 587221, 587223, 587257, 587226, 587269, 587259.