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 Jul 18, 10:02 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1102 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2002 UPDATED ZONES TO INCREASE POPS IN THE NORTH TO LIKELY. ALSO LOWERED MAX TEMPERATURES NORTH AND CENTRAL. KLZK RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A SWATH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF ARKANSAS. HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THE BACK EDGE OF THE CURRENT MCS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DECREASE OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS OR SO BUT THE FOCUS WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS MOVES SOUTHWARD. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN IN MUCH OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS. .LZK...NONE. 51
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph and knocked down some large tree limbs in the Diamond City area.
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