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 Aug 1, 5:49 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 649 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 UPDATED FORECASTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 828. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWFA. .LZK...NONE. 51
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 615 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...ACROSS AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MENA...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO BRINKLEY. STORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL ORGANIZE INTO CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES...WHICH ARE WELL-ORGANIZED LARGE CLUSTERS OF STORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AS WELL. CURRENT DATA INDICATE THE GREATEST SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WALDRON...TO MORRILTON...TO NEWPORT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES MAY STILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE DISSIPATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COMPLEXES WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. 28
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous power poles and power lines were blown down across the county. A number of power outages resulted in the downed lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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