Drought in Arkansas, November 22 to 30, 2016

Name: Drought in Arkansas, November 22 to 30, 2016
Start: 2016-11-22T00:00
End: 2016-11-30T23:59
Location: Arkansas

November 22 to 30, 2016 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Severe drought conditions (D2) expanded into Nevada County Arkansas during the third week of November 2016, as monthly temperatures remained two to four degrees above normal and below normal rainfall continued. These drought conditions persisted through the remainder of the month and into December.

Where it happened

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 21, 11:59 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 11:59 PM CST, 1 minute before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1159 PM CST Mon Nov 21 2016

.AVIATION...
For the 22/06Z TAFs, Abundant cirrus continues to stream into the
region late this evening ahead of the upper level trough shifting
out over the plains. Increasing southerly flow will allow stratus
to quickly spread northward throughout the morning hours and MVFR
cigs will overtake most terminal sites by daybreak except for MLU
and ELD. Lower clouds will linger througout the day on Tuesday as
low level moisture continues to increase areawide. MVFR/low VFR
cigs will improve slightly with heating during the afternoon hours
but do not expect much if any breaks in cloud cover. As the trough
draws closer late in the period, some showers may creep into the
picture ahead of a developing line of convection which should be
intensifying as it approaches the region late Tuesday evening into
the early morning hours on Wednesday. Southerly winds will become
gusty on Tuesday ahead of the trough and associated cold front as
the pressure gradient continues to tighten ahead of these features.

/19/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 936 PM CST Mon Nov 21 2016/

UPDATE...

High clouds quickly overspreading our western zones this evening
and should continue moving quickly eastward overnight...
encompassing our eastern zones as well. Still waiting on the low
level moisture return across our western zones but this should
occur quickly after midnight given the pressure gradient in place.
A much lighter gradient and lack of high cloud cover across our
eastern zones has resulted in a rapid fall in temperatures this
evening. For this reason...had to lower temps a degree or 2 across
portions of South Central Arkansas into Northeast and East Central
Louisiana. Also had to adjust dewpoint temps downward across these
locations as well. Otherwise...forecast is in great shape...
therefore no additional changes were necessary.

Updated forecast has already been sent...13.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  52  71  59  68 /  10  40  80  20
MLU  39  71  58  72 /   0  10  60  60
DEQ  48  65  51  64 /  10  60  80  10
TXK  50  68  56  65 /  10  60  80  10
ELD  43  67  56  67 /   0  40  80  40
TYR  56  71  54  67 /  10  60  80  10
GGG  55  72  56  68 /  10  60  80  10
LFK  55  73  60  70 /  10  30  70  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...None.
LA...None.
OK...None.
TX...None.
&&

19/13

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 21, 12:30 PM CST, 11 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1230 PM CST MON NOV 21 2016

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-221830-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
1230 PM CST MON NOV 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...FOR
NORTHERN LOUISIANA...FOR EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
AS A COLD FRONT AND A STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR
STATE AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE ON TUESDAY IN
PARTS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...WITH MARGINAL HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED
TORNADO POSSIBLE. SOME ROTATING UPDRAFTS WILL DEVELOP WITH
AFTERNOON HEATING AND THEN...A TRANSISTION TO A NOCTURNAL SQUALL
LINE IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH
ABUNDANT PACIFIC AND GULF MOISTURE. ANY TRAINING OF STORMS COULD
PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY IN WHAT IS BECOMING A MORE TYPICAL FALL RAINY PATTERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH
TONIGHT...BUT MAY BE NEEDED BY LATE TUESDAY.

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Event by event

1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Nevada

When: November 22, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nevada forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, November 2016

Sources

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: 667458.