Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, July 19 to 23, 2017

Name: Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, July 19 to 23, 2017
Start: 2017-07-19T12:00
End: 2017-07-23T17:00
Location: Arkansas

July 19 to 23, 2017 · NWS MEG · 24 events in 12 counties and zones

Upper level high pressure built over the Mid-South from mid to late July. High temperatures combined with high humidity to create dangerous conditions across much of the Mid-South.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 24 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 24

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 MEG wrote it up.

Upper level high pressure built over the Mid-South from mid to late July. High temperatures combined with high humidity to create dangerous conditions across much of the Mid-South.

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 11:23 AM CST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 11:23 AM CST, 37 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

14 heat, 10 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Randolph

When: July 19, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Lawrence

When: July 19, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Clay

When: July 19, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Greene

When: July 19, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Craighead

When: July 19, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Craighead forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Mississippi

When: July 19, 12:00 PM CST to July 21, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Mississippi forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.764, -90.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Poinsett

When: July 19, 12:00 PM CST to July 21, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Poinsett forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.574, -90.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Phillips

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Phillips forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.428, -90.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Lee

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 34.781, -90.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Randolph

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Lawrence

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Heat, Cross

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 21, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Cross forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.296, -90.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Crittenden

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 21, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, St. Francis

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 21, 12:00 PM CST
Where: St. Francis forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.022, -90.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Clay

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Lawrence

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Craighead

When: July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Craighead forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Heat, Randolph

When: July 20, 5:00 PM CST to July 23, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Heat, Lawrence

When: July 20, 5:00 PM CST to July 23, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.041, -91.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 105 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Mississippi

When: July 21, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Mississippi forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.764, -90.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Poinsett

When: July 21, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Poinsett forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.574, -90.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Crittenden

When: July 21, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Cross

When: July 21, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Cross forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.296, -90.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, St. Francis

When: July 21, 12:00 PM CST to July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: St. Francis forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.022, -90.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed above 110 degrees.

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2017 Every state in 2017 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, July 2017

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 712621, 712622, 712623, 712624, 712625, 712626, 712627, 712631, 712632, 712635, 712637, 712650, 712651, 712652, 712653, 712654, 712655, 712633, 712634, 712656, 712657, 712658, 712659, 712660.