Heat in Arkansas, July 18, 2025

Name: Heat in Arkansas, July 18, 2025
Start: 2025-07-18T10:00
End: 2025-07-18T19:00
Location: Arkansas

July 18, 2025 · NWS MEG · 10 events in 10 counties and zones

Another hot and humid day for the Mid-South. A stationary cold front was situated just north of the AR/MO and TN/KY state lines, which trapped the region on the hot and humid side of the boundary.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 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: 10

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.

Another hot and humid day for the Mid-South. A stationary cold front was situated just north of the AR/MO and TN/KY state lines, which trapped the region on the hot and humid side of the boundary. Afternoon heat indices ranged from 105 to 109 degrees.

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 17, 5:52 PM CST, 16 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 5:52 PM CST, 16 hours 8 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

10 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Clay

When: July 18, 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)

Maximum heat index of 108 degrees.

Heat, Craighead

When: July 18, 10:00 AM CST to 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)

Maximum heat index of 108 degrees.

Heat, Crittenden

When: July 18, 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)

Maximum heat index of 108 degrees.

Heat, Mississippi

When: July 18, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Mississippi forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 35.764, -90.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Maximum heat index of 106 degrees.