Heat in Arkansas, June 22, 2019

Name: Heat in Arkansas, June 22, 2019
Start: 2019-06-22T11:00
End: 2019-06-22T18:00
Location: Arkansas

June 22, 2019 · NWS MEG · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Upper level high pressure prevailed across the Mid-South. Heat and humidity combined to create dangerous conditions with heat index values of 105 degrees or greater across the Delta region.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 prevailed across the Mid-South. Heat and humidity combined to create dangerous conditions with heat index values of 105 degrees or greater across the Delta region.

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 Jun 22, 5:23 AM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:23 AM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:09 AM CST, 6 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
509 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-231215-
Alcorn-Benton MS-Benton TN-Calhoun-Carroll-Chester-Chickasaw-Clay-
Coahoma-Craighead-Crittenden-Crockett-Cross-DeSoto-Decatur-
Dunklin-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Greene-Hardeman-Hardin-Haywood-
Henderson-Henry-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lake-Lauderdale-Lee AR-Lee MS-
Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot-
Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley-
Yalobusha-
509 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Heat Advisory for some of the Mid-South. This area may have to be
expanded if there are no storms in the areas adjacent to the area.

An area north and east of a line from Kennett, Missouri, to
Tupelo, Mississippi, will have a slight risk for severe weather
today and into tonight. A combination of some remnants of the
storms in Illios and Missouri and afternoon develop of new
thunderstorms. With wind being the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Sunday there may be a few strong storms ahead of the frontal
system, mainly west of the Mississippi River. Otherwise the
probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

TLSJr

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:14 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:51 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:54 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:02 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:03 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1003 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     UNION CITY              36.42N  89.05W
06/21/2019                   OBION              TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES, POWER LINES, AND UTILITY POLES DOWN.

&&

MJ

The radar

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Event by event

4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Cross

When: June 22, 11:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Cross forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.296, -90.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, St. Francis

When: June 22, 11:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: St. Francis forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 35.022, -90.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Lee

When: June 22, 11:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 34.781, -90.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Phillips

When: June 22, 11:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Phillips forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 34.428, -90.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values exceeded 105 degrees.

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, June 2019

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 836673, 836674, 836675, 836676.