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 Jul 30, 11:00 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1200 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2003 STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ALONG FRONT TO START DAY...BUT PRECIPITATION HAS BECOME MORE SCATTERED DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. GIVEN THIS...REDUCED CHANCES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE SHOWING STORM SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING. SYSTEM WILL HEAD EAST ALONG FRONT...WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS AND HEATING...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AND WILL SLIDE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WITH FRONT. MAY HAVE TO SLOW SOUTHERN PROGRESS OF PRECIPITATION/FRONT...AND MAY END UP INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN IN CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE AS A RESULT. BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...LOOKS LIKE FRONT WILL FINALLY EXIT THE STATE TO THE SOUTH WITH PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END. DRY WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST ON FRIDAY. YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH THIS WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN. .LZK...NONE. 46
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 155 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...A STORM SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING. IT APPEARS THAT STORMS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST COVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...OR IN AREAS WEST OF MORRILTON AND HOT SPRINGS...AND SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS AND STUTTGART. WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS AND HEATING...THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT...AND WILL DRIFT SOUTHWARD WITH THE FRONT. GIVEN THIS...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE GREATEST IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FRONT EXITS THE STATE TO THE SOUTH. YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND FROM THE NORTH WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEREFORE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 46
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...REPORTS FROM TUESDAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
217 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0247 PM 12 SE MOUNT IDA AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 MONTGOMERY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0255 PM CRYSTAL SPRINGS AR .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 GARLAND REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0447 PM 5 E CENTERVILLE AR WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 YELL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0639 PM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 PULASKI TREES DOWN ON FAULKNER
LAKE ROAD. REPORTED BY
MEDIA.
0640 PM 1 N OARK AR .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 JOHNSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1030 PM 3 SW BISMARCK AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 HOT SPRING REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1030 PM 10 NE ALPINE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 CLARK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and blew several pieces of tin off an abandoned chicken house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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