1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:45 AM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 345 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002 .SHORT TERM...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS MORNING WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES. THE AVN IS SLIGHTLY STRONGER EARLY IN THE PERIOD WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE IS THE AVN BRINGS A SECOND SHORTWAVE ON THE HEELS OF THE FIRST ONE TONIGHT WHILE THE ETA DOES NOT. FINAL MINOR DIFFERENCE SHOWS UP IN THE QPF FIELD. WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF THESE MODELS THIS MORNING. OVERALL TREND OF THE FORECAST REMAINS IN TACT WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW INFLUENCING OUR SENSIBLE WEATHER FOR ONE MORE DAY. MODELS CONSISTENT WITH MOVING A SOMEWHAT STRONG SHORTWAVE AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW. THE WAVE IS PROGGED TO DROP DOWN FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD BET ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...STABILITY PROFILES...BOUNDARIES ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM EARLIER CONVECTION AND PERSISTENT COOL POOL ALOFT SUPPORTING THUNDERSTORMS. CONVECTION ALREADY FIRING UP ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS IN VICINITY OF THIS FEATURE. WILL GO HIGHER POPS IN THIS PART OF THE CWA TODAY. WILL HOLD ON TO MINIMAL POPS TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SECONDARY WAVE AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE TROF. HEIGHT RISES STILL FORECAST TO COME IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO FINALLY KICK THE TROF OUT AND TO BEGIN DRYING US OUT SOME. WILL DO DRY SUNDAY AS RIDGE STRENGTHENS. MAV AND FWC NUMBERS IN DECENT AGREEMENT AND LOOK REASONABLE AND WILL GENERALLY BE ACCEPTED. .EXTENDED...A RATHER QUIET SUMMERTIME PATTERN SHAPES UP WITH ONLY DIURNAL ACTIVITY POSSIBLE BUT EVEN THAT LOOKS SHAKY AS RIDGE DOMINATES ONCE AGAIN. ALL PRECIP WILL BE PULLED FROM THE EXTENDED EXCEPT FOR DAY 6. EXTENDED AVN SHOWING A STRONG UPPER LEVEL FEATURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND SUBSEQUENTLY DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. IT SEEMS OVER DONE BASED ON BOTH THE CALENDAR AND STRENGTH OF THE UPPER RIDGE. OTHER MODELS ARE SHOWING A WEAKNESS DURING THIS TIME FRAME SO IT CAN NOT BE RULED COMPLETELY. GOING TEMPS LOOK GOOD AS LATEST MOS NUMBERS DOWN A BIT FROM PREVIOUS RUNS AND ARE NOW MORE IN LINE WITH THE GOING FORECAST. FCSTID = 56 HRO 88 70 89 69 / 40 30 20 0 LIT 89 73 91 71 / 40 30 20 0 HOT 89 73 91 71 / 40 30 20 0 PBF 90 74 91 72 / 30 20 20 0 .LZK... AR...NONE.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:51 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in Newport. Several roads were covered 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, July 2002
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