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 Jun 2, 10:50 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1150 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESSING ACROSS AREA THIS MORNING. STORMS HAVE BEEN ELEVATED WITH MOST INTENSITY IN 10 TO 20 THOUSAND FOOT RANGE BUT WEAKER RETURNS AT THE LOWEST LEVELS. WARM FRONT HAS MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS AND MAY DO ITS USUAL TRICK OF MOVING NORTH ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS BUT NOT MOVING MUCH ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS. LOCATION OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE CRITICAL FOR DETERMINING ANY SEVERE THREAT. WILL MAKE MINOR UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR WARM FRONT AND ASSOCIATED 70 TO 72 DEW POINTS REACHING INTO EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE CLOSE CALL WHETHER FRONT CLEARS THE LITTLE ROCK AREA OR NOT AND WILL KEEP FORECAST FOR THAT AREA ABOUT THE SAME. SURFACE LOW SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS AND THAT AREA WILL LIKELY STAY IN THE COOL AIR. WILL KEEP MAX FORECASTS IN THAT AREA ABOUT THE SAME ALTHOUGH IT MAY END UP TOO WARM. WILL LEAVE POPS THE SAME FOR NOW. AREA OF STORMS IN CENTRAL SECTIONS HAS WARMED ON IR PICTURES INDICATING WEAKENENING. STILL A TOUGH CALL WHETHER NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT OR WHETHER ONGOING ACTIVITY ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS WILL BE MAIN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THIS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT AND ALL PRECIP SHOULD END BY LATE TONIGHT. .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 MON JUN 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS. THE RAIN WILL BE ENHANCED AS A WARM FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...MOVES NORTHWARD AND INTERACTS WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL RETURN TO THE ARKANSAS AREA TODAY AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS A POSSIBILITY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS DO NOT FAVOR TORNADOS AT THIS TIME. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES. THE BEST CHANCES OF HEAVY RAIN THIS TIME WILL BE OVER THE NORTH. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE MAIN DYNAMICS FOR SEVERE WEATHER TRACKING ACROSS ARKANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SATURDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND SUNDAY WILL BE DRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees and blew some shingles off the roof of a car wash.
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