1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 2:38 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 338 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 OF MAIN CONCERN THIS AM ARE TSTMS TODAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION UNDER A CONTINUING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARM TO HOT CATEGORY AND NEAR NORMAL. FCSTID = 38 HRO 86 67 88 69 / 50 20 20 20 LIT 91 72 90 72 / 50 30 30 20 HOT 91 73 91 72 / 50 30 30 20 PBF 93 74 92 72 / 40 30 30 20 .LZK...NONE.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 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 TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF ARKANSAS. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW SEVERAL SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT THAT IS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. MULTIPLE STORMS MAY FORM AND COMBINE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM LARGE COMPLEXES OF STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE NORTH AND OUT OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. UNTIL THEN...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 51
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
105 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 PM MENA AR WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 POLK TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1218 AM 2 S MURFREESBORO AR WIND DAMAGE
08/02/03 PIKE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
44The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees at the Tucker Hollow Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 2003
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