SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 237 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311100- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA... ARKANSAS CITY...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BATESVILLE... BAUXITE...BEARDEN...BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK... BONNERDALE...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS... CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY...CENTER RIDGE... CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY... COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT... DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND... FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION... GASSVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY... GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HARDY... HARRISON...HASKELL...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON... HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE... KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEAD HILL...LEOLA...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK... LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MAUMELLE... MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO... MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...MOUNT MAGAZINE... MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT... NORFORK...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OIL TROUGH...OKOLONA... OLA...OMAHA...OXFORD...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR... PERRYVILLE...PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...PLEASANT PLAINS...POYEN... PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD... RUSSELLVILLE...SALEM...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...SHERWOOD...STAR CITY... STEPHENS...STUTTGART...SUMMIT...SWIFTON...THORNTON...TUCKERMAN... VILONIA...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES... WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY...YELLVILLE 237 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN ARKANSAS... HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO TOP 100 DEGREES....WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING OR POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES. AS HEATING OCCURS...DRY AIR ALOFT WILL TEND TO MIX TO THE GROUND...AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT...POSSIBLY BELOW 20 PERCENT IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE CLOSEST TO THE CENTER OF THE HIGH PRESSURE. IN ADDITION TO VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES... VEGETATION IS BONE DRY IN MOST OF ARKANSAS. NINETY SIX PERCENT OF THE STATE IS EXPERIENCING AT LEAST SEVERE DROUGHT...WITH EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT IN THREE QUARTERS OF THE STATE. THE REGION EXPERIENCED THE DRIEST APRIL THROUGH JUNE ON RECORD...AND BENEFICIAL RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY SO FAR IN JULY. WITH LITTLE TO NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST...AND DETERIORATING DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXPECTED...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE NOTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. FIRES WILL TEND TO START EASILY...AND THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY GIVEN LITTLE MOISTURE IN THE GRASS AND TREES. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRES TO SPREAD MORE QUICKLY. THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS THE ENTIRE STATE IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER. MOST COUNTIES ARE UNDER BURN BANS...EXCEPT FOR COUNTIES MAINLY IN THE SOUTH AND EAST. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN ARKANSAS UNTIL WIDESPREAD SUBSTANTIAL RAIN FALLS. ANY UNCONTROLLED OR ACCIDENTAL FIRES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Special weather statement still valid
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