A severe thunderstorm brought large hail to western Arkansas.
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A severe thunderstorm brought large hail to western Arkansas.
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 Aug 1, 11:29 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1229 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021 .UPDATE... Updated to include the 18Z aviation discussion below. && .AVIATION... All sites will begin the period in VFR conditions. Take note that middle and southern terminals will be experiencing scattered showers/t-storms throughout the period. KADF, KHOT, and KHRO will see a significant reduction in visibility from low stratus/fog and lowering cigs between 10Z and 13Z where a decline in flight category is expected to be implemented as low as IFR. Conditions will improve near the end of the forecast period. && PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 313 AM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021) SHORT TERM...Today Through Monday Night A cold front is dropping south into the state early this Sun morning...with some scattered/isolated SHRA/TSRA ongoing along/behind this front mainly along/just north of the MO/AR border. This front will continue to drop south through the rest of the state by this afternoon/evening...with chances for SHRA/TSRA increasing from north to south throughout the day as a result. While the overall threat for severe weather looks to remain limited...a few strong to briefly severe storms could be seen through this afternoon/evening. The best chances for seeing any strong/severe storms will be across the SRN third of the state this afternoon where instability levels will be much higher due to hotter temps. Speaking of the hotter temps...expect highs to warm into the mid 90s across this SRN portion of the state by early this afternoon before the front arrives. These hotter temps combined with dewpts in the 70s...expect heat index values to likely once again exceed 105 deg for many locations across the SRN portion of the CWA. As a result...will keep the Heat Adv in place for this afternoon in this region of the state. Further north...highs will be cooler in the upper 70s to upper 80s...and dewpts will be more comfortable in the low to mid 60s by this afternoon...especially across NRN AR. By tonight...the cold front will slow across SRN AR...with POPs remaining elevated across the SRN third/half of the state. These higher POPs will eventually decrease from north to south by late Mon afternoon as the front drops south of the state...and more stable/drier/cooler air filters into the state. These drier/cooler conditions will remain in place to wrap up the short term period...and persist into the first part of the long term period...with below normal conditions expected. LONG TERM...Tuesday Through Saturday Upper level high pressure will be centered over the western U.S. to begin the long term period with an upper trough over the eastern half of the country. This pattern will continue through the middle of the week. The upper ridge begins moving east on Thursday and by Friday it will be creeping into western Arkansas. The upper high will be over Arkansas on Saturday. The cold front will be south of Arkansas Tuesday with high pressure over the state. This will bring more comfortable temperatures to the area with drier air. The front will stall near the Gulf Coast Wednesday through Friday. No rain chances are expected through much of the extended period. Only will include a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the far south on Saturday as the warm front moves into the south part of the state. Highs in the mid to upper 80s will be common Tuesday and Wednesday, but low to mid 90s return on Friday. Lows will be in the 60s until Friday night when lower 70s return to the south and east. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening FOR Bradley-Calhoun- Clark-Cleveland-Dallas-Desha-Drew-Hot Spring-Lincoln-Ouachita- Pike. && Aviation...Pope
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 314 AM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000- Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone- Izard-Independence-Lawrence-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- 314 AM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A cold front will be dropping south through the state through this afternoon and evening...with showers and thunderstorms expected along and behind this front. A few strong storms could be seen this afternoon across southern sections of the state...some of which could become briefly severe. The main hazards expected with the strongest storms will be damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall. Ahead of the front...temperatures look to warm into the 90s across southern sections of the state. Heat index values are expected to exceed 105 degrees late this morning and into the afternoon hours in this region of the state. These hot conditions will dissipate by later this afternoon and especially this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday Through Saturday Some thunderstorms will remain in the forecast through Monday afternoon...mainly across the southern half of the state. For now though...the threat for severe weather looks to remain low. Expect the threat for hazardous weather to become low by Monday night. While below normal condtions are expected from Monday through the middle of the week...expect temperatures to warm back into the 90s by late this week into the upcoming weekend. Heat index values may warm back to around 100 degrees by this time. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Little Rock AR 934 AM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021 ARZ021-022-030-011500- Pope AR-Johnson AR-Logan AR- 934 AM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... At 934 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lamar, or near Clarksville, moving east at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Russellville... Clarksville... Lamar... Dover... Knoxville... Spadra... Taral... Holman... Lake Dardanelle... Augsburg... Lutherville... Long Pool Campground... Piney Bay Recreation Area... Pleasant Valley in Pope County... Hillcrest in Johnson County... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3539 9350 3555 9349 3560 9309 3533 9310 TIME...MOT...LOC 1434Z 270DEG 22KT 3546 9341 57
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A Pike County deputy reported dime sized hail at Tower Mtn. between Kirby and Murfreesboro.
Quarter sized hail was reported near Black Fork.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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