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 Jul 18, 2:30 AM CST, 7 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 330 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2002 FORECAST CONCERNS: ONCE AGAIN RAINFALL AND TEMP TRENDS. NEAR TERM... SCATTERED SHRA/-TSRA HAVE INCREASED IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE CWA SINCE 06Z. THIS ACTIVITY HAS FORMED IN A LOCAL REGION OF MAXIMIZED INSTABILITY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...AS MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH A PERSISTENT UPPER LOW NOW LOCATED ALONG THE MISSOURI/KANSAS BORDER SLOWLY APPROACHES. CLOUD COVER SHOULD REDUCE TEMPERATURES ACROSS ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. LONGER TERM... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW UPPER TROF/SHEAR AXIS TO REMAIN THE MAIN PLAYER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TOUGHEST CALL WILL BE WHERE TO PLACE HIGHEST POPS AND THE AFFECTS OF CLOUD COVER ON TEMPS. FOR THE MOST PART...THE MODEL OUTPUT IS CONSISTENT IN BRINGING RISING HGTS INTO AR FROM THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND PUSHING UPPER TROF SLOLY TO THE EAST OF THE FA AND DRYING THINGS OUT. CURRENT FCST LOOKS IN LINE AS FAR AS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY GOES WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVES STILL FCST TO MOVE NEWD ACRS THE FA. ON FRIDAY... THE ETA IS SHOWING A DECENT SHORTWAVE DROPPING SEWD OUT OF THE NRN PLAINS AND INTERACTING WITH UPPER TROF CURRENTLY OVER THE FA... RESULTING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION DURING THE DAY AND AFFECTING MAINLY NRN HALF OF AR. PLAN TO KEEP SCATTERED POPS IN FOR FRIDAY PER CURRENT FCST. MAX TEMPS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL AGAIN BE DEPENDENT ON EXTENT OF CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTIVE TRENDS. STUCK WITH PERSISTENCE FOR THE MOST PART IN THE SHORTER TERM FOR MAX/MIN TEMPS. MOS TEMPS... ESPECIALLY ETA OUTPUT...STILL ON THE WARM SIDE FOR HIGH TEMPS TODAY AND FRIDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...STILL LOOKING A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME CONDITIONS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP SMALL POPS IN FOR MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. MODELS STILL ATTEMPTING TO BRING A FNT CLOSER TO AR TOWARDS MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. STILL HAVE A HARD TIME BUYING THIS WITH PROGGED UPPER PATTERN. LATEST MOS TEMPS FROM THE EXTENDED AVN LOOKING A BIT TOO WARM FOR HIGHS OVER MOST AREAS WITH THE RECENT RAINS OVER MUCH OF THE FA. ..55/44.. .LZK...NONE.
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused some flash flooding 2 miles south of Pelsor, with 2 county roads flooded for a couple of hours.
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