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 23, 3:00 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002 UPPER LOW MOVING WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE CWA IN EARNEST TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND WILL LIKELY INFLUENCE THE WEATHER IN THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE SYSTEM WILL WOBBLE AROUND THE AREA AND SHOULD WEAKEN WITH TIME. SHOWERS MOVED INTO THE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AND DISSIPATED AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP IN THE EAST AND SOUTH AT ISSUE TIME. LOOKS LIKE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS THE UPPER LOW CENTER WILL BE AROUND 93W TO 94W. BASICALLY WENT WITH MORE CLOUDS AND HIGHER POPS TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTER THAT...THE UPPER LOW CENTER/SHEAR AXIS MAY BE NEAR THE WESTERN BORDER...SO POPS AND CLOUDS WILL BE MORE UNIFORM...BUT STILL WENT WITH FEWER CLOUDS AND LOWER POPS TO THE NORTHWEST. DUE TO RELATIVE LACK OF ACTIVITY TODAY...WENT ONLY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL FOR TONIGHT. FOR MONDAY WENT WITH 20 PERCENT POPS IN THE NORTH UP TO 40 PERCENT IN THE EAST AND SOUTH. LOOKS LIKE THE STRONGEST INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL BE ON TUESDAY...SO WENT WITH THE HIGHEST POPS FOR THAT PERIOD WITH 30 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MOST NUMEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND THE SHORT WAVE AROUND, HAD TO KEEP AT LEAST 20 PERCENT POPS GOING ALL THE TIME. MAXES LIKELY WILL DROP OFF THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH MORE CLOUDS. WENT ONLY A LITTLE COOLER FOR MONDAY COMPARED WITH TODAY AS THE SYSTEM WILL BE INCREASING ITS INFLUENCE ON THE AREA, BUT WENT MORE WITH MOS ON MAXES FOR TUESDAY. WENT WITH THE LOWEST MAXES IN THE SOUTHEAST AND THE HIGHEST IN WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS. LOWERED POPS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...DROPPING TO A 20 PERCENT BY DAY AND 10 PERCENT AT NIGHT PATTERN BY THE END OF THE WEEK. MODELS SHOW A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH REACHING THE AREA ABOUT THURSDAY WHICH MAY ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES SOME, BUT THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE WEAK BY THEN AND IT WILL LIKELY ONLY SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AND A FAVORED AREA FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MESO INFLUENCES MAY TAKE OVER BY THEN AND DICTATE ITS EXACT LOCATION. .LZK...NONE
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a temporary building located at the local high school.
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