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 13, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY STATEWIDE TONIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. THE COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF ARKANSAS. IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT. MINIMUMS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 60S NORTH AND 70S ELSEWHERE. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY LEVEL OFF IN THE 80S OVER MOST LOCATIONS. TONIGHT IS THE MAIN RAIN MAKER AND AFTER TONIGHT SOME RAIN MAY LINGER BUT WILL NOT BE AS MUCH AS TONIGHT. FCSTID = 38 HRO 65 81 64 89 / 70 50 10 20 LIT 70 84 71 91 / 70 60 10 30 HOT 71 85 70 91 / 70 60 10 30 PBF 72 86 72 92 / 70 60 10 30 .LZK... AR...NONE.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>046-052>054-140130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT... A STORM SYSTEM ALOFT MOVED FROM NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM TRIGGERED A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND ARKANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER...WITH ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED INTO THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON HAS ACTED TO STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD...WITH SOME HEATING OCCURRING. SHOULD HEATING TAKE PLACE...THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD DESTABILIZE ONCE AGAIN...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MORE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE ACTIVATED TONIGHT. EVERYONE IS URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...AND TO KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS. 46
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused some flash flooding to occur in Hot Springs. Several roads were blocked by high water for a short period of time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 2002
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