Two thunderstorm outflows created some damage on March 23 and 24 of 2016.
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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.
Two thunderstorm outflows created some damage on March 23 and 24 of 2016.
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 Mar 23, 6:09 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 709 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE NEEDED AT THIS TIME TO DELAY THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION. CONVECTION HAS STARTED BUT FURTHER TO THE WEST THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT...ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, REGARDLESS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT AS IT SWEEPS ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINS OVER THE WEST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 639 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016/ AVIATION... WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT WITH SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY THU MORNING...WITH WINDS SWITCHING FROM SRLY TO A WRLY TO NW WIND BEHIND THE FRONT. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH CIGS EXPECT TO INCREASE TO VFR. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MOISTURE LEVELS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE BREEZY SRLY WINDS HAVE BROUGHT GULF MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE REGION. MOST LOCATIONS WERE SEEING A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY AS A RESULT...AND EVEN SOME VERY PATCHY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE STARTING TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LAKE WIND ADV THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...AND EVEN INTENSIFY SOME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECTING MAINLY SOME ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE OR SPRINKLES THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVEN INTO THE EVENING HRS A THE COLD FRONT REMAINS WELL WEST OF THE STATE. THIS WILL CHANGE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NWRN SECTIONS OF THE STATE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECTING SHRA/TSRA TO DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS FAR WRN AND NWRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL THEN PUSH EAST THROUGH THE STATE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HRS THU...WITH THE FRONT PUSHING EAST OVER CENTRAL AR JUST BEFORE DAWN. THIS FRONT WILL THEN SHIFT EAST OF THE STATE BY MIDDAY THU. THE THREAT FOR SVR WX WILL BE PRESENT AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AND WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WRN AND NWRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. THIS WILL BE WHERE THE BEST INSTABILITY AND SHR WILL COEXIST. EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. A TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST...WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL IN THIS SAME AREA AS THE LOW LEVEL SHR WILL ALSO BE COEXISTING WITH THE BEST SFC BASE INSTABILITY. THE OVERALL SVR WX THREAT WILL DECREASE AS THE ACTIVITY SHIFTS EAST...AND SFC BASED INSTABILITY DECREASES. EVEN SO...AN ISOLATED SVR STORM COULD STILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE ERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA THU MORNING. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN BY THU AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF AR. SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE SEEN...BUT THINK THE OVERALL WIND SPEEDS WILL BE JUST UNDER LAKE WIND CRITERIA HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER SRN MO BY FRI MORNING...AND TEMPS WILL DROP INTO THE 30S AND 40S FOR LOWS. THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS THAT DROP TO AROUND OR JUST BELOW FREEZING FRI MORNING...BUT RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE COLDEST TEMPS WILL BE FAIRLY ISOLATED AT THIS TIME. EVEN SO...THIS MAY NEED TO BE REVISITED IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HRS AS FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES MAY BE NECESSARY IF THE POTENTIAL BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS WILL ALSO BE SEEN FOR FRI AFTERNOON HIGHS...AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOW-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY OFF TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHERLY SATURDAY EVENING ALLOWING SOME GULF MOISTURE TO RETURN ACROSS ARKANSAS IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARDS THE STATE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HOWEVER...BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE...THE BEST LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD OVER ARKANSAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON LEAVING ONLY 18-24 HOURS OF SOUTHERLY FLOW FOR MOISTURE RETURN. AS A RESULT...THE POTENTIAL INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIMITED AT THIS TIME. THIS IS THE MAIN FACTOR THAT WILL LIMIT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ON SUNDAY. THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT TO SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SO KEPT POPS UP AROUND 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE STATE ON SUNDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BEHIND SUNDAYS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO START OFF NEXT WEEK. DESPITE PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW AND GRADUAL MOISTURE RETURN THROUGH TUESDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHOULD ENSURE A DRY FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES BY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL HELP TO NUDGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OFF TO THE EAST ALLOWING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO BUILD OVER ARKANSAS. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO TIE INTO THE SUBTROPICAL JET RESULTING IN DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR OVER THE STATE. THIS GENERAL PATTERN SUPPORTS PERSISTENT LIFT AND DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE REGION WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SOMETIME DURING THIS PERIOD. WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM SO FAR OFF IN TERMS OF DISTANCE AND TIME...THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR LARGE CHANGES IN THE FORECAST MOVING FORWARD. HOWEVER WENT AHEAD WITH 20-30 POPS BROAD BRUSHED ACROSS THE CWA TO HIGHLIGHT THIS FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR RAIN FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 55 58 36 60 / 70 30 0 0 CAMDEN AR 56 62 41 66 / 80 30 0 0 HARRISON AR 45 51 33 61 / 70 10 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 53 59 39 64 / 70 20 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 55 59 40 63 / 70 30 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 61 65 42 64 / 70 50 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 50 57 37 65 / 70 20 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 48 53 34 61 / 70 20 0 0 NEWPORT AR 57 60 37 59 / 70 40 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 59 62 40 62 / 70 40 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 50 57 36 64 / 70 20 0 0 SEARCY AR 54 60 37 60 / 70 30 0 0 STUTTGART AR 58 61 38 61 / 70 40 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY 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. && 56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 345 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000- BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD- INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY- FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND- SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT- JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA- CALHOUN-BRADLEY-DREW- 345 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. EXPECT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH EAST THROUGH THE STATE LATE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE MAIN THREATS EXPECTED ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THERE MAY ALSO BE A TORNADO THREAT...MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE LATE THIS EVENING AND JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING EAST THROUGH THE STATE BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SOME LINGERING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO THE LACK OF INSTABILITY. EXPECT THE FRONT TO PUSH EAST OF THE STATE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES ENDING AREA WIDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED LATE TONIGHT. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1055 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
ARZ030-240445-
LOGAN AR-
1055 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 1145
PM CDT...
AT 1054 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER WASHBURN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOONEVILLE... PARIS... MAGAZINE...
RATCLIFF... ECHO... CAULKSVILLE...
BARBER... GLENDALE IN LOGAN CO...
CARBON CITY...
CAROLAN... CHISMVILLE... ROSEVILLE...
LUCAS... IONE... DRIGGS...
LAT...LON 3514 9414 3514 9404 3523 9403 3523 9392
3532 9391 3531 9381 3542 9380 3536 9375
3536 9373 3517 9367 3505 9409 3506 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 231DEG 37KT 3516 9413
65SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1126 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
ARZ037-040-240515-
SCOTT AR-POLK AR-
1126 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN POLK
COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...
AT 1126 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR MOUNTAIN FORK...OR 14 MILES WEST OF MENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MENA... WALDRON... BEAUCHAMP...
QUEEN WILHELMINA STA...
OLIVER... POLK COUNTY FAIRGROU...
MORGAN SPRINGS... MOUNTAIN FORK... MENA INTERMOUNTAIN A...
BATES... ACORN... BLACK FORK...
BLACK FORK MOUNTAIN ...
CAMP PIONEER... EAGLETON...
HON... WINFIELD... SHADY GROVE...
INK... BOLES...
LAT...LON 3484 9445 3496 9432 3495 9429 3497 9423
3505 9423 3509 9417 3461 9395 3449 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 235DEG 43KT 3465 9449
65SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1154 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
ARZ012-021-022-030-240545-
JOHNSON AR-NEWTON AR-LOGAN AR-POPE AR-
1154 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT...
AT 1153 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR HARTMAN...OR 10 MILES WEST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE SEEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE... PARIS... LAMAR...
DOVER... KNOXVILLE... SUBIACO...
HARTMAN... SCRANTON... TOKALON...
BERTHA... DEVILS KNOB... WALNUT...
HINKLE... HOLMAN... DILLEN...
ROSETTA... SPADRA... WOODLAND...
BROOMFIELD... HOYT...
LAT...LON 3575 9368 3577 9358 3577 9353 3576 9353
3578 9351 3585 9318 3541 9302 3529 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 235DEG 31KT 3548 9365
59The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:53 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and powerlines were down as well as some damage to several chicken houses in the area. The path length was 2.1 miles and path width was 50 yards wide.
Two homes were damaged along highway 123 with one roof removed from one of the homes. Path length was 0.1 miles and patch width was 50 yards.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2016
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: 625642, 625617.