Hello Ken:
Well, I'd have to say it's a fairly typical year for severe thunderstorms in my area so far this year. My area--for whatever reason--really doesn't experience that many severe events in a year. But--with that said--Mena did cop a direct hit from an EF-3 Tornado late evening on April 9th. This was one of only a few twisters that I know of that has hit Mena over the years. I copped marble+ sized hail--but little rain--before the twister hit. I really don't cop much hail in a year and that size was pretty large for here. Although my area--Mena & Polk County--do get put under Severe Thunderstorm Watches/Warnings from time-to-time; the really nasty stuff seems to miss my area (and of that I'm very thankful). I think the flatter areas of Arkansas (the Eastern parts) seem to cop more severe weather than my mountainous area does.
Kind Wishes & Take Care~~~David Powell
P.S. The April 9th twister caused 3 deaths, around 40 injuries and did in excess of $10million (and Clyve Herbert said the damage bill could approach $30million) in damages. As of mid-June, over 7,000 truckloads of debris have been removed from town and it was estimated that Mena lost over 10,000 trees from the storm.
--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Ken Kato <kka...@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Ken Kato <kka...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [austpacwx] Re: June 2009 in Mena, Arkansas:
To: "Austpacwx" <austpacwx@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 6:52 AM
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David, how are you going with severe thunderstorms in your area so far this season? I've mainly been keeping an eye on the northeast this year with only the odd glance at anything further west when it's explosive, so I'm just curious if you're getting more or less than usual.
Ken.
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:55:25 -0700
From: dajapo2...@yahoo.com
Subject: [austpacwx] June 2009 in Mena, Arkansas:
To: austpacwx@googlegroups.com
Hello Friends:
(Just to clarify: when I say "my" records: This just means how long I've been keeping track of Mena's temperatures and rainfall. I started keeping track in January 1984--I use Radio Station KENA [the official weather station for Mena] for the Temperatures. The daily rainfall (1984-1993) was recorded at a location in town; from 1994, the daily raintotals are from my rainguage on my patio. The Daily Average/Daily Record High & Low Temperatures for Mena are courtesy of weather.com).
Here's some weathernumbers for Mena, Arkansas in June 2009:
Climatologically for June in Mena: Avg. Max. of 85F/29.4C with Avg. Min. of 64F/17.7C
All-time June Max.: 105F/40.5C--June 22, 1936
All-time June Min.: 44F/6.6C--June 1, 1983; June 2, 1983 & June 3, 1970
Avg. Max.: 87.7F/30.9C
Avg. Min.: 67.7F/19.8C
High Max.: 98F/36.6C--June 24 & 27
Low Min.: 52F/11.1C--June 5
...High Min.: 74F/23.3C--June 19, 20 & 21
...Low Max.: 75F/23.8C--June 4
12 Days, Max. 90F+/32.2C+
Daily Rec. Max. Broken/Tied in June:
97F/36.1C--June 22 (Tied rec. max. for June 22, set in 1954)
98F/36.6C--June 24 (Broke rec. max. for June 24 of 97F/36.1C, set in 1953)
97F/36.1C--June 25 (Tied rec. max. for June 25, set in 1953)
4 Raindays & 5 Thunderdays in June
Rain for June: 0.80"/20.3mm (-3.70"/-93.9mm)
Rain for Year: 38.25"/971.5mm (+10.65"/+270.5mm)
This was only the 16th month--since Jan. 1984--that I've recorded less than an inch/25mm rain in a month; this was my 13th driest month (Quite a contrast to the very wet May we had), we just missed good T-shower cells (over 1"/25mm rain each) last Tuesday and last Saturday which passed just to the south of town. Area lawns are looking very brown in spots and grass is getting crunchy underfoot. Hope this isn't a sign of an upcoming very dry summer. Summer officially arrived on the 21st and we've also had Heat Indexes of 95F-105F/35-40C since that time.
Wishing ALL a Safe, Blessed, Happy & Prosperous Month of July~~~David Powell</table
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