Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, June 25 to 30, 2023

Name: Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, June 25 to 30, 2023
Start: 2023-06-25T10:00
End: 2023-06-30T23:59
Location: Arkansas

June 25 to 30, 2023 · NWS MEG · 22 events in 10 counties and zones

The strong upper ridge of high pressure that has dominated the weather across the southwest US pushed east into the Mid-South toward the end of June. High temperatures combined with high humidity produced heat index values over 105 degrees and in some cases over 110 degrees.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 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: 22

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.

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, 9:13 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:13 AM CST, 47 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

20 excessive heat, 2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Clay

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Greene

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Craighead

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Mississippi

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Poinsett

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Cross

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Crittenden

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, St. Francis

When: June 25, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Lee

When: June 25, 10:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Phillips

When: June 25, 10:00 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Heat, Lee

When: June 28, 10:00 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 reached or exceeded 105 degrees.

Heat, Phillips

When: June 28, 10:00 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 reached or exceeded 105 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Clay

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Greene

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Craighead

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Mississippi

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Cross

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Crittenden

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, St. Francis

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Lee

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Phillips

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Poinsett

When: June 29, 10:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 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 reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

What these are

Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
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 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, June 2023

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: 1118232, 1118233, 1118234, 1118235, 1118236, 1118237, 1118238, 1118239, 1118240, 1118241, 1118287, 1118288, 1118859, 1118860, 1118862, 1118863, 1118864, 1118865, 1118866, 1118867, 1118868, 1118870.