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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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The Pattern in Mid-November, 2009 |
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A storm system in southeast Kansas during the afternoon of November 16th made slow progress into southern Missouri by the morning of the 17th. While moisture was limited, it was cold enough aloft to support snowflakes across northern Arkansas. |
| In the picture: The pattern at 700 am CST on 11/17/2009. A storm system ("L") was over southern Missouri, with subfreezing air (below 0 degrees C/32 degrees F) surrounding the system at 850 mb (around 5000 feet). |
| A mixture of light rain and light snow/flurries was reported over the northern counties early on the 17th. Surface temperatures were above freezing, and the ground was somewhat warm. Given this, no snow accumulation was noted. |
| Much below normal temperatures surrounded the system, with readings struggling to make it out of the 30s/40s in much of Arkansas during the afternoon. This colder air was behind a cold front sweeping through the southeast United States. |
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| In the picture: The satellite showed clouds swirling around a storm system in southern Missouri, and blanketing much of Arkansas at 1031 am CST on 11/17/2009. Temperatures were only in the upper 30s to upper 40s, with much warmer air in the southeast United States. |
| Ahead of the front, the high temperature at Harrison (Boone County) was 75 degrees on the 15th. Readings dropped behind the front on the 16th with breezy conditions. It was only 41 degrees on the 17th. |
| High Temperatures |
| Site |
Nov 15th |
Nov 17th |
| Fayetteville (NW AR) |
70° |
39° |
| Harrison (NC AR) |
75° |
41° |
| Jonesboro (NE AR) |
74° |
46° |
| Fort Smith (WC AR) |
76° |
45° |
| Little Rock (C AR) |
75° |
50° |
| West Memphis (EC AR) |
76° |
49° |
| Texarkana (SW AR) |
76° |
50° |
| El Dorado (SC AR) |
77° |
51° |
| Monticello (SE AR) |
76° |
51° |
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The system was responsible for generating the first precipitation of the month. There was enough moisture for one to two inches of rain in the western half of the state during the twenty four hour period ending at 700 am CST on the 16th. |
| In the picture: Twenty four hour rainfall through 700 am CST on 11/16/2009. |
| Twenty Four Hour Rainfall (Through 700 am CST on 11/16/2009) |
| Site |
Amount (Inches) |
| Ratcliff (Logan County) |
2.09 |
| Deer (Newton County) |
1.86 |
| Botkinburg (Van Buren County) |
1.80 |
| Chimes (Van Buren County) |
1.75 |
| Clarksville (Johnson County) |
1.70 |
| Texarkana (Miller County) |
1.53 |
| Jasper (Newton County) |
1.50 |
| Subiaco (Logan County) |
1.42 |
| Midland (Sebastian County) |
1.38 |
| Parks (Scott County) |
1.33 |
| Hattieville (Conway County) |
1.24 |
| Before the rain, it was dry at Little Rock (Pulaski County) for sixteen consecutive days (October 31st through November 15th). This is the longest period without measurable (more than a trace) precipitation all year. |
| String of Days Without Measurable Precipitation at Little Rock (Pulaski County) |
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Days |
| Oct 31-Nov 15 |
16 |
| Jan 11-25, 2009 |
15 |
| Jun 15-22, 2009 |
8 |
| May 25-Jun 2, 2009 |
8 |
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