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 Jun 12, 2:25 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 325 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 SMALL MCS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF MY FORECAST AREA. OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER MCS NOW TOUCHING OFF SCATTERED TSRA OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET. REAL ACTION BEGINS LATER TONIGHT. WINDS BEHIND FRONT WILL PICK UP SPEED AND WILL ACT TO PUSH IT TO US. MCS PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG/INVOF COLD FRONT...REACHING NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FAIRLY STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR...INSTABILITY...AND LIFTING INVOF FRONT WILL BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. PRIMARILY A HAIL AND WIND THREAT. FEEL THIS WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD...AND WILL NOT MENTION IN THE ZONES AT THIS TIME. FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS AROUND 12Z TIME FRAME. SHOULD BE SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH...AND WILL EXIT THE STATE AFTER 06Z FRIDAY. SOME MOISTURE WILL LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT...AND I HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS IN FOR SOUTHERN GROUPS FOR THE MORNING HOURS. OVER ALL...I HAVE NOT MADE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FORECAST PACKAGE. SHOULD BE COOLER TOMORROW DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND EXPECTED PRECIPITATION...SO HAVE GONE A LITTLE COOLER. ONCE THE FRONT CLEARS THE STATE...HIGH BUILDS IN...BUT BRIEFLY. THE HIGH SLIDES TO SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY...AND RETURN FLOW SETS UP AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. NEXT FRONT PROGGED TO AFFECT FORECAST AREA DURING SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. FCSTID = 57 HRO 70 83 60 81 / 50 60 0 0 LIT 73 88 66 84 / 30 60 40 0 HOT 72 87 65 84 / 40 60 30 0 PBF 73 90 69 87 / 30 40 40 20 .LZK...NONE.
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a number of large trees and power lines. A roll-up garage door was blown in on a building and several portable advertising signs were damaged.
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