Arkansas, 2022

Heat in Arkansas, June 25 to 26, 2022

June 25 to 26, 2022 · NWS MEG · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

An upper-level ridge of high pressure parked over the Mid-South resulted in very hot and humid conditions during much of the month of June.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 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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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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.

An upper-level ridge of high pressure parked over the Mid-South resulted in very hot and humid conditions during much of the month of June.

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 25, 9:41 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:41 AM CST, 19 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

9 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Clay

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where
Clay forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Greene

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to June 26, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Greene forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Craighead

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to June 26, 7:00 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 to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Poinsett

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to June 26, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Poinsett forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.574, -90.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat index values climbed to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Cross

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to June 26, 7:00 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 climbed to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, St. Francis

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to June 26, 7:00 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 climbed to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Lee

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to June 26, 7:00 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 climbed to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Phillips

When
June 25, 10:00 AM CST to June 26, 7:00 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 climbed to 105 degrees or greater.

Heat, Crittenden

When
June 26, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 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 reached 105 degrees or greater.

What these are

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

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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: 1040012, 1040013, 1040014, 1040015, 1040016, 1040017, 1040018, 1040019, 1040020.