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 19, 1:23 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 223 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... ISSUES TO CONTEND WITH IN THE SHORT TERM WILL CONTINUE TO BE TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES...AND INCREASING RAIN CHANCES WITH APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. H500 RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ONE MORE DAY OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED HOT TEMPERATURES...WITH READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. DEWPOINTS WILL AGAIN BE HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES ON WEDNESDAY. FOR THIS REASON...OPTED TO EXTEND THE HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. MORE CLOUDS WILL BE PRESENT ON THURSDAY. SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW FOR LOWER HEAT INDEX VALUES. HEAT INDICES WILL STILL BE ABOVE 100 DEGREES..THOUGH PROBABLY NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A HEAT ADVISORY. WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE NOTED THROUGH THURSDAY...AS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM DISSIPATED STORMS. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH STRONG WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. AS UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EAST BREAKS DOWN...FRONT WILL PUSH INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE PLAINS LATE THURSDAY/EARLY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...WITH SURFACE HIGH IN THE GULF...SYSTEM WILL NOT MAKE MUCH PROGRESS. THUS...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE GREATEST ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE MORE TOLERABLE. 57. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... FRONT WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS THROUGH SATURDAY. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN FOR FRIDAY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SATURDAY...THEN TAPERING OFF SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST SOUTH OF ARKANSAS. BY MONDAY THE GFS BRINGS THE FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH. WITH A RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR TUESDAY. 51. FCSTID = 57/51 HRO 73 93 72 90 / 20 20 20 30 LIT 75 96 74 94 / 20 20 20 30 HOT 75 96 74 94 / 20 20 20 20 PBF 74 96 74 94 / 20 20 20 20 .LZK...HEAT ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES ARZ021>022...ARZ030>034...ARZ037>047...ARZ052>057...ARZ062>069.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. HIGH HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE ONCE MORE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 105 AND 115 OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT-RELATED WEATHER HAZARDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH THESE HOT CONDITIONS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE STATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH NO STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE STATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING ARKANSAS DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. IT IS FORECAST TO ENTER ARKANSAS LATE THURSDAY OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SINCE THE FRONT WILL BE CROSSING THE STATE DURING THE NIGHT...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL COVER THE STATE AFTER THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS ARKANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 32
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines in the southwest part of Little Rock.
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