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| Storm Reports |
| Are you interested in what happened during a recent event? Check out the
report below. |
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Heavy Rain/Severe Weather on April 3-4, 2008 (Pg2) |
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In the Little Rock (Pulaski County) area...cars were
flipped, structures were damaged and trees and power lines were downed 6
miles west of town. This included the Cammack Village (Pulaski County)
area. |
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The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) indicated rotation over Burns Park (Pulaski County)
at 1002 pm CDT on 04/03/2008. "RDA" is the
"Radar Data Acquisition" tower across the street from the
National Weather Service office. |
| Farther northeast, hangers were destroyed and planes were
tossed at the North Little Rock Airport (Pulaski County). The National Weather Service
office was
directly affected, with several employees briefly seeking shelter. A 64 mph gust was
measured at the facility.
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Strong winds then ripped through nearby Sylvan Hills and Gravel Ridge
(both in Pulaski County)
before the parent storm moved into the Cabot (Lonoke County) area.
Before the storm spawned tornadoes, it was mainly a hail producer. It
brought golfball size hail to Bonnerdale (Hot Spring County), with
quarter size hail at Hot Springs (Garland
County).
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The satellite showed thunderstorms aligned from northeast
through central and west central Arkansas at 1200 am CDT on
04/04/2008. |
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The alignment did not change much by 415 am CDT...leading to
heavy to excessive rain. |
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| During the early morning hours of the 4th, it
became a heavy rain event. The front in northern Arkansas shifted slowly
to the south, with persistent rain from west central into central and
northeast sections of the state. Widespread two to three inch amounts
were measured, with locally more. |
| At Glenwood (Pike County), 6.44 inches of rain fell, with
5.87 inches at Bonnerdale (Hot Spring County), 5.10 inches at Amity
(Clark County), 4.80 inches at Hopper (Montgomery County) and 4.72
inches at Malvern (Hot Spring County). |
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picture: Twenty four hour rainfall through 7 am CDT on 04/04/2008. |
| This much rain triggered widespread flash flooding, with
a number of roads flooded. Even Interstate 30 at Benton and Bryant (both
in Saline County) were partially covered by high water for a time.
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The National Weather Service surveyed
damage in Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke and White Counties
to determine how many tornadoes were spawned...and to rate the tornadoes (using the EF scale). |
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picture: Ten tornadoes were counted in Pulaski, Saline,
Lonoke and White Counties. |
| Ten tornadoes
affected these counties...nine of which were produced by one parent
storm. One of the tornadoes (near Floyd in White County) was the
result of a storm later in the evening. |
| Yet another storm caused additional damage in Hot Spring and Garland
Counties, with two more tornadoes noted. |
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picture: Two tornadoes occurred in Garland and Hot Spring Counties. |
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Coordinate Files of Tornadoes |
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| Where exactly did the tornadoes track? Several teams from
the National Weather Service obtained data on the road (ground surveys)
and through interviews with people in affected areas.
A KMZ (compressed KML) file has been constructed using points visited
by the teams. The points were plotted using mapping software. Shapefiles
(ZIP file) are available as well.
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| Links of Interest |
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Coordinate Files of Tornado Tracks: KMZ |
ZIP |
| Note:
These files are for use with GIS software. The "KMZ" (compressed "KML")
file is intended for applications such as Google Earth. The "ZIP" file
contains several shapefiles for applications such as ArcView. Right click on the link(s)
of your choice and "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" to your computer.
View using the appropriate application(s). |
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There were scattered severe storms with
tornadoes, and widespread flash flooding on April 3rd and 4th. For a look at some reports,
click here. |
| In the picture:
Preliminary reports of severe weather and flash flooding in
the Little Rock County Warning Area on
April 3-4, 2008 (in red). |
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