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| Storm Reports |
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Severe Weather on June 1, 2008 |
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High pressure aloft was persistent from the southern
Rockies into the south central United States to end May. Under the high,
precipitation was spotty...with above normal temperatures. At
times, the high shifted away from Arkansas temporarily. That was
the case to begin June. |
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picture: The weather pattern at 700 am CDT on 06/01/2008, with high
pressure ("H") to the southwest and a nearly stationary front
across the state. Hit and miss thunderstorms were noted around the front. |
| On June 1st, the high was anchored across
west Texas into New Mexico. Clockwise flow around the high
drove a front into northern Arkansas during the morning, with scattered showers and
thunderstorms north of Little Rock (Pulaski County). |
| In the afternoon, an MCS (Mesoscale Convective System)
tracked from Kansas and northeast Oklahoma into Arkansas. |
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picture: The satellite showed an MCS (Mesoscale Convective System...or
large cluster of showers and thunderstorms) pushing through Arkansas at
215 pm CDT on 06/01/2008. The MCS tracked along a frontal boundary as
marked by new storms popping up in Mississippi and Alabama. |
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There were strong to damaging winds (60 to 70 mph) along
the leading edge of the MCS, followed by a large area of rain. The rain
area diminished quickly as the afternoon progressed. Most areas received
less than a half inch of precipitation. |
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picture: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed an MCS (Mesoscale
Convective System) covering much of the region at 253 pm CDT on 06/01/2008.
There was a backwards "C" shaped line of storms along the leading edge of
the MCS (where wind damage was occurring), with steady rain to follow. At
300
pm CDT, temperatures were in the 60s/70s under the MCS...and in the 80s in
far southern and eastern Arkansas. |
| There were
numerous reports of trees down from west central into central and east
central Arkansas. Trees were on houses in spots, and were also blocking
roads in some cases. |
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picture: Trees were downed in the Hot Springs (Garland County) area on
06/01/2008, with one tree on a house. Fortunately, there were no
injuries. The photo is courtesy of Mitchell McDill. Click
to enlarge. |
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There were numerous reports of wind damage across the
central third of the state on June 1st. For a look at
some reports, click here. |
| In the picture:
Preliminary reports of severe weather in the Little
Rock County Warning Area on June 1, 2008 (in red). |
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