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 6, 10:13 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1113 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002 WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REFLECT AFTERNOON WORDING. ALSO DECIDED TO RAISE TEMPERATURES A CATEGORY IN THE CENTRAL ZONE. NORTH LITTLE ROCK HAS ALREADY HIT 92 DEGREES. THE COLD FRONT IS STILL ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD TODAY. THE DEW POINT AT HARRISON IS AT 68 CURRENTLY. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES ITS SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE UP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. .LZK...NONE. 51
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:35 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds, estimated between 70 and 80 mph, destroyed a large boat dock. About 40 boats were also destroyed or badly damaged. Three people that were on the dock at the time of the storm suffered minor injuries.
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