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Severe Weather on March 30-31, 2007 (Pg1) |
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March went out like a lion. A storm system in the
Rockies (on the 28th) slowly made its way toward the region to end
the month. The system was responsible for lots of severe weather and
flooding in the Plains, and eventually affected Arkansas late on the 30th and into the 31st.
The system dragged a cold front through the state at that time. |
| In the picture:
The pattern on 03/28/2007 featured a weakening system over the central
United States (that brought some severe weather to Arkansas the day
before), and a new system ("L") in the Rockies. High pressure
("H") in the Gulf of
Mexico was set to build northward ahead of the new system, with the
system forced to move toward the upper Midwest. |
| The system had to jump a few hurdles before it
arrived. Like the scenario leading up to the event on the
27th, high pressure built to the east of the system...and slowed the system
down. The high also forced the system and much of its energy to go
well north of the state. Even so, there was enough energy to fuel
a few severe storms along and ahead of the front. |
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A loop showing a storm system ("L") and stormy weather
approaching Arkansas from 12 pm CDT on 03/30/2007 to 12 pm CDT on
03/31/2007. |
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For the most part, severe weather was isolated. During the morning of
the 31st, a large area of showers and thunderstorms pushed through
Arkansas...with areas of heavy rain and very few warnings. |
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The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed widespread showers and
thunderstorms building from central into eastern Arkansas at 1032 am CDT
on 03/31/2007. |
| Two to four inches of rain fell across portions of
southern Arkansas, with flash flooding reported. Water was over
a road near Chidester (Ouachita County), and also over portions of Highway
7 around Camden (Ouachita County). At Fordyce (Dallas County), there was
flooding along Highway 8. |
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Twenty four hour rainfall through 7 am CDT on 04/01/2007. |
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| There is more concerning the storms of
March 30th-31st. To check out the rest of the
story, click here. |
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