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Severe Storms/Heavy Rain on June 3-4, 2012 |
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Arkansas was due for a heavy rain event following a very dry May and developing drought conditions. A front sagged into northern sections of the state on June 3rd, and was a focus for showers and thunderstorms. |
| In the picture: A front was nearly stationary across northern Arkansas at 400 pm CDT on 06/03/2012. The front separated hot/humid conditions to its south from cooler/drier air farther north. Temperatures (in deg F) are dashed white lines. |
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Precipitation became widespread across the northern counties. Unfortunately, while rain was much needed, it was accompanied by damaging winds and hail in places.
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| In the picture: Surrounding a stalled front in northern Arkansas, large clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening of 06/03/2012. |
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Straight-line wind gusts exceeded 70 mph at Shirley (Van Buren County). Many trees were downed or snapped, with some trees on houses. |
| In the picture: Thousands of trees were downed in and around Shirley (Van Buren County) on 06/03/2012. Click to enlarge. |
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Trees and tree limbs were also toppled at Batesville (Independence County). A 61 mph gust was measured just southeast of Oil Trough (Independence County), with a 59 mph gust at Vendor (Newton County). Softball size hail pelted Smithville (Lawrence County). Hail to the size of tennis balls was measured at Hickory Flat (White County), with golfball size hail a few miles northeast of Botkinburg (Van Buren County) and at Olyphant (Jackson County).
Between 1200 am and 100 am CDT on the 4th, new storms popped up near the Missouri border and produced golfball size hail at Mountain Home (Baxter County).
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| Rain was heavy across the north. Twenty four hour amounts through 700 am CDT on the 4th included 4.09 inches at Blytheville (Mississippi County), 3.26 inches at Jasper (Newton County), 2.37 inches at Evening Shade (Sharp County), 1.80 inches at Gilbert (Searcy County) and 1.64 inches at Calico Rock (Izard County). |
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| In the picture: Twenty four hour rainfall through 700 am CDT on 06/04/2012. |
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After all the storms dissipated, a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) was left behind. This is fairly common, with the system exibiting a counter-clockwise spin in satellite pictures. The MCV sometimes becomes the seed for new storm development. This is exactly what happened on the 4th.
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| In the picture: An MCV (Mesoscale Convective Vortex) triggered new storms in central Arkansas by 115 pm CDT on 06/04/2012. |
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Storms flared up in central Arkansas and brought another deluge. At the North Little Rock Airport (Pulaski County), 1.36 inches of rain was measured, with most of this falling in an hour. This is more than double the amount received in May (0.55 inch).
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| In the picture: Showers and thunderstorms progressed from central into southeast Arkansas during the afternoon of 06/04/2012. Severe storms were isolated, with areas of heavy rain. |
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The storms downed power lines at Rison (Cleveland County), with power outages in town. Trees were blown over near Grapevine (Grant County). Quarter size hail was reported just north of Leola (Grant County), at Poyen (Grant County), and just west of Ivan (Dallas County).
Given a turning motion surrounding the MCV, weak rotation resulted in isolated storms. A small tornado (EF0) was spawned between Carlisle and Humnoke (both in Lonoke County). No damage was reported.
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There were numerous reports of severe weather and heavy rain, especially in northern and central Arkansas on June 3rd and 4th, 2012. For a look at some reports, click here.
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| In the picture: Preliminary reports of severe weather and heavy rain in the Little Rock County Warning Area on June 3-4, 2012 (in red). |
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