April 25, 2011 Weather Event

We have begun posting preliminary information on the GeoStor ftp site ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20110425_weather We will continue posting information on this site as we receive it. Please review the readme file for details on each data set. Please contact Learon Dalby if you create products you would like to share via this ftp site. 
 

December 31, 2010 Weather Event

Arkansas was hit with sever weather on December 31, 2010. Damaging winds and a tornado spawned in Benton and Washington Counties.  Eagle Forestry Services (http://www.efsgeotech.com/) flew damaged portions of Benton and Washington County on January 3, 2011. They have provided the data to the Arkansas Geographic Information Office for inclusion in the state GIS Platform – GeoStor. This allows you full access to the imagery. Feel free to download and use as needed. ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20101231_Tornado/Imagery/

April 30 & May 1, 2010 Storms

Link to ftp (ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20100430_Weather)


Little Rock National Weather Service continues to survey damage from this weekends storms. They will provide tornado track information as soon as they can. Currently the following information is available on the ftp site.

Data

20100430_StormTracks.kml & .shp - Preliminary storm tracks provided by LR NWS. These do not represent tornado paths, only the strongest storm tracks. LR NWS is performing field surveys 5/1/2010.- WGS84


20100430_NOAA_REPORT.zip - Preliminary Storm reports pulled from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/ - UTM Zone15 NAD83


20100501_NOAA_REPORT.zip - Preliminary Storm reports pulled from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/ - UTM Zone15 NAD83


Maps

20100430_Estimated_Tracks: Map that illustrates estimated Storm Tracks


20100503-STATEWIDE NOAA STORM REPORT: Map that illustrates information obtained from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/ for April 30 & May 1, 2010


20100503-ADEQ_Permitted_Sites_in_Damage_Path: Map that illustrates ADEQ Permitted Sites that were within a quarter mile of 04/30/10 Storm Tracks

Please consider sending your data and/or maps related to this event to learon.dalby(at)arkansas.gov and shelby.johnson(at)arkansas.gov. The GIS information will be added to the ftp site for the larger community to use.

April 30, 2010 Strong Storms

Strong storms passed through the state on April 30, 2010. These storms produced several sever thunderstorm tracks and possible tornadoes. The AGIO has set up an ftp site to provide a single place to gather and distribute maps, and GIS data related to this event. Link to ftp (ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20100430_Weather)

Please consider sending your data and/or maps related to this event to learon.dalby(at)arkansas.gov and shelby.johnson(at)arkansas.gov. The GIS information will be added to the ftp site for the larger community to use.