1 thunderstorm wind, 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 23, 12:14 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 114 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002 12Z MODELS YESTERDAY TURNED OUT TO BE AN ABERRATION INSTEAD OF A SIGNIFICANT TREND. THE CONSENSUS...PARTICULARLY AMONG THE SPECTRAL MODELS...HAS RETURNED TO PUSHING THE FRONT COMPLETELY THROUGH OUR CWFA OVER THE WEEKEND WITH DRIER AIR BEHIND IT. THE MOST RECENT MESOETA STILL BRINGS THE FRONT INTO OUR NORTHERN ZONES SATURDAY AFTERNOON...STALLS IT IN THE CENTRAL ZONES UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...AND WASHES IT OUT BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE AVN IS SIMILAR TO THIS SOLUTION THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...BUT THEN BRINGS THE FRONT ENTIRELY THROUGH THE CWFA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG VORT MAX SLIDES DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND AMPLIFIES THE UPPER FLOW. THE CANADIAN IS A NICE COMPROMISE...STALLING THE FRONT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE IT MAKES ITS FINAL PUSH THROUGH OUR SOUTHERN ZONES SUNDAY EVENING. STILL AWAITING THE 12Z NOGAPS AS ACCESS TO THE FNMOC WEB SITE SEEMS UNUSUALLY SLOW TODAY. REVERTING BACK TO THE SHORT TERM FOR A MOMENT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY WHICH WAS APPARENT ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY BUT NOT EASILY DISCERNIBLE IN THE MORNING UPPER AIR DATA OR SURFACE OBS. THESE STORMS WILL AGAIN WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...AND NO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...THE REMNANTS OF A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR CWFA. THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF MODEL AGREEMENT ON THE EXISTENCE OF THIS MCS...SHOWN THROUGH BOTH EXPLICIT PRECIP FORECASTS AND CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. TIMING IS A PROBLEM...WITH THE AVN SEEMING TOO FAST WITH THE LEADING VORT MAX AND THE ETA TOO SLOW. A COMPROMISE WILL BE STRUCK FOR THIS PACKAGE. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...IT WILL PUSH THE EFFECTIVE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH VIA CONVECTIVE EFFECTS AND IT WILL ALSO USE UP MUCH OF THE ENERGY IN THE AIRMASS. THUS...AFTERNOON STORMS WILL BE UNLIKELY ON SUNDAY IN AREAS WHERE THE MCS PASSES THROUGH IN THE MORNING...WITH DEVELOPMENT MORE LIKELY FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE EFFECTIVE FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PROBLEMATIC AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL WHETHER THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE WAKE OF THE MCS OR LEFTOVER CLOUDS. THE NEW WORK WEEK BEGINS WITH A FORECAST WHICH REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE AVN SHOWS A DEEPER UPPER LOW THAN THE ETAX OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES...LEADING TO STRONGER NORTHERLY FLOW AND DRIER AIR IN PLACE. AVN SUGGEST SLIGHT PRECIP CHANCES WOULD BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN ZONES...WHILE THE ETAX TARGETS THE SOUTHWEST. 00Z CANADIAN SHOWS LIGHT PRECIP AREAWIDE. WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE AREAWIDE FOR NOW AND TRY TO PIN DOWN THIS ISSUE TOMORROW. IF AVN/CANADIAN SOLUTIONS PAN OUT...TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WOULD BE DRY AS THE UPPER LOW SLUGGISHLY LIFTS AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST. 00Z AVNX SHOWS A TROUGH PASSING BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...SO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL CONTINUE FOR THOSE DAYS. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE 12Z AVN IS SLOWER TO MOVE THE UPPER LOW OUT OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THAN THE 00Z AVNX...SO IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THURSDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...SUBJECT TO CHANGE...ESPECIALLY FIRST PERIOD... LIT 73 94 73 90 70 / 20 20 40 40 HOT 74 96 74 92 69 / 20 20 40 40 HRO 71 88 67 86 65 / 20 30 60 30 PBF 73 94 73 92 71 / 20 20 30 50 .LZK...NONE. 54
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and damaged the roofs of a few buildings. A couple of trees fell on some homes causing roof damage. A tin roof was removed from a storage building.
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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