1 flash flood, 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 Jun 16, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 UPPER TROF IN THE AREA WILL BE THE MAIN INFLUENCE ON THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MODELS THIS MORNING ARE KEEPING IT IN THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF MOISTURE LEFT OVER. WOULD EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IN THE AREA FROM THE PAST DAY OR SO. THE WAY THE UPPER TROF IS SET UP...THE BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE IN THE SOUTH AND THE BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN AND ANY FLOODING WOULD BE IN THAT AREA. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE GENERAL RAINFALL WILL NOT BE REAL GREAT AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES DO NOT APPEAR WARRENTED AT THIS TIME. DUE TO ONGOING CONVECTION IN THE SOUTH...WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES FOR TODAY AND WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN AS LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSORMS CAN MOVE ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. WILL RAISE POPS TO 40 PERCENT FOR CENTRAL SECTIONS AS THE ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH MAY MIGRATE INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS...BUT WILL LEAVE 20 PERCENT IN THE NORTH. MAXES TODAY SHOULD BE CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE AND BACKED OFF A LITTLE ON THE GRIDS WITH THE MAX TEMPS. WITH THE UPPER TROF REMAINING IN THE AREA...KEPT HIGHER POPS IN THE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND ADJUSTED POPS UP A LITTLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALSO TENDED TO LOWER MAX TEMP FORECASTS A LITTLE. KEPT EXTENDED ABOUT THE SAME AS THE TROF SHOULD EITHER WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT LATER IN THE WEEK AND UPPER RIDGING SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN. .LZK...NONE
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-171000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH WHERE STORMS MOVE VERY LITTLE. WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE RATHER LIGHT AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE STORMS TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL WASH OUT BY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME BUT ISOLATED BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE VERY SLOWLY OR SEVERAL STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:42 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in and around the Fordyce area. Several streets were flooded and closed for a few hours due to the high water levels.
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