1 strong 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 Apr 24, 2:40 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 340 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003 MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS: RAINFALL TRENDS...SVR WX POTENTIAL AND TEMPS. WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA CONFINED TO THE ERN HALF OF AR ATTM. ACTIVITY THE RESULT OF STRONG WAA AND MOISTURE ADVECTION. HAVE SEEN SOME MUCH NEEDED LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WITH JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HERE AT THE WFO SINCE 06Z. LATEST SFC/MSAS DATA SHOWING SFC LOW OVER NWRN KS WITH DRYLINE/SFC TROF EXTENDING SWD INTO WRN OK. WMFNT NOTED ROUGHLY ALONG THE RED RIVER EWD INTO EXTREME SWRN AR WHERE DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN INTO THE LOWER 60S. MODELS ARE STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE SHORT TERM FCST TRENDS. WL FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE HIGHER RESOLUTION MESOETA AND RUC20/40 FOR THIS FCST. BACK EDGE OF RAINFALL OVER CNTRL AR ATTM WL CONT WORKING EWD THIS MRNG. HAVE MADE BEST ATTEMPT TO INDC DIMINISHING RAIN CHCS IN THE GRIDS FOR THE REST OF THE MRNG HRS. NEXT ISSUE OF CONCERN IS SVR WX POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTN AND TNGT. MODELS STILL TAKING SFC LOW SLOLY E-SEWD ACRS KS AND INTO SWRN MO LATER TODAY AND TNGT. WMFNT IS PROGGED TO LIFT NWD DURG THE DAY PLACING A GOOD PART OF THE FA IN THE WARM SECTOR. IF DECENT SFC HEATING IS ABLE TO OCCUR THIS AFTN...SFC BASED CAPES ARE FCST TO RANGE FROM 2500 TO 3000 J/KG. FCST SOUNDINGS INDC 0-3KM SRH VALUES FROM 200-300 KM2/M2 AS SFC CONVERGENCE INCRS ALONG AND AHEAD OF DRYLINE. BOTTOM LINE IS SVR STORMS EXPECTED TO FIRE ALONG DRYLINE THIS AFTN OVER WRN AR. THIS TIMING IS DEPICTED WELL WITH THE JUST ARRIVED 06Z MESOETA RUN. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLD TORNADOES WL BE POSSIBLE. SVR THREAT WL BE LESS N OF THE WMFNT WHERE CONVECTION WILL BE MORE ELEVATED IN NATURE. BULK OF PRECIP WL SHIFT E OF THE FA OVERNIGHT AS A CDFNT WORKS EWD OVER MUCH OF THE FA. UPPER LOW PROGGED TO MOVE ACRS NRN AR/SRN MO LATE TNGT AND FRI. WL LEAVE SMALL POPS OVER NRN AR...CLOSER TO UPPER LOW...AS DAYTIME HEATING/COLD POOL ALOFT WL LEAD TO STEEPER LAPSE RATES FOR POSSIBLE SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT. ONLY SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO GOING FCST DURG THIS PD. IN THE EXTENDED...DRY WX IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND. NEXT FNT IS FCST TO AFFECT THE STATE SUN NGT AND STALLS IT OUT ON MONDAY. LOOKS LIKE THE BNDRY WILL HANG AROUND FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE NEXT WEEK WITH CONTS RAIN CHCS. CURRENT FCST IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THIS TREND AND NO CHGS PLANNED. PRELIM SHORT TERM ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT...BUT SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHGS. ..44.. .LZK...NONE.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1210 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE..TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH ARKANSAS ON MONDAY AND MAY STALL IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO THIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 51
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds damaged the roof of a building in North Little Rock. Several trees and power lines were also blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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