1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 1:26 PM CST, 11 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 226 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002 BY EARLY TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THIS SHOULD TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS LATER TONIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE IN THE UPPER 60S ACROSS ACROSS THE NORTH AND RANGE TOWARDS THE MID 70S IN THE SOUTH. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AS THE FRONT GETS CLOSER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT IS LIKELY TO EXTEND FROM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME TO MENA BY EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT. FCSTID = 38 HRO 69 84 67 83 / 50 50 60 40 LIT 71 88 70 86 / 50 50 60 40 HOT 73 88 72 85 / 50 50 60 40 PBF 73 89 72 88 / 50 50 60 40 .LZK... AR...NONE.
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:12 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused some flash flooding to occur in Mountain Home. Several roads were covered by high water for several hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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