1 flash flood, 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 30, 3:30 AM CST, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 430 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 CHANCES OF RAIN WILL REMAIN HIGH AS LONG AS SURFACE BOUNDARY LINGERS AROUND THE AREA. ALSO...THE SYSTEM COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH WILL KEEP POPS UP. MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND...AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. CLOUDS AND RAINS WILL MAKE TEMPS DIFFICULT TO PEG. ANY BREAK IN THE CLOUDS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO BOOM AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY. HRO 82 67 79 66 / 70 60 60 60 LIT 87 70 87 70 / 60 60 60 60 HOT 87 71 86 71 / 60 60 60 60 PBF 88 72 89 71 / 60 60 60 60 .LZK...NONE. 32
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE A LITTLE CLOSER TO NORTHERN ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE EXTREME NORTHWEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST OVER ABOUT THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM TO OUR NORTH WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE STATE ON SUNDAY. THIS COUPLED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS MOVING WEST TO EAST ALONG THE FRONT AND TROPICAL MOISTURE SURGING NORTHWARD WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE STATE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIME SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WOULD BE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS ALONG SOME RIVERS IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. IN PARTICULAR...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON THE BLACK...CACHE...PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...AND THE SPRING RIVERS. FLOAT STREAMS MAY SEE A RISE AS WELL...WITH AN INCREASED FLOW RATE. IF YOU PLAN TO VENTURE OUT ON BODIES OF WATER DURING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...USE EXTREME CAUTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 22
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:41 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused some street flooding to occur in Mountain View.
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
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5377903.