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 Nov 18, 3:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 350 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 FORECAST CONCERNS: RAINFALL AND TEMP TRENDS...MAINLY IN THE SHORT TERM. LARGE AREA OF MOD TO HVY RAIN CONTS TO WORK EWD ACRS AR ATTM. BULK OF RAINFALL CONFINED TO THE ERN HALF OF THE STATE. EXPECT MAJORITY OF THE RAIN TO BE EAST OF THE FA BY 12Z AND WL MAKE LAST MINUTE CALL AS FAR AS POPS GO THIS MRNG. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONT...TORNADO WATCH FOR ERN PARTS OF THE CWA MAY BE CANCELLED BEFORE 14Z. MODELS CONT TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH FCST TRENDS. UPPER SYSTEM TO OUR WEST WL WORK SLOLY EWD LATER TODAY AND TNGT ACRS MOST OF AR. STILL LOOKING AT BRIEF BREAK FROM THE RAIN LATER THIS MRNG OVER MOST AREAS AS DRY SLOT WORKS IN FM THE SW. LOOKS LIKE WE CAN LET FF WATCH FOR SERN AR EXPIRE WITH THIS ZN ISSUANCE. NEXT ROUND OF PRECIP WL COME THIS AFTN AND TNGT AS UPPER TROF MOVES THRU THE FA. MODELS STILL INDCG COLD H5 TEMPS /-18C TO -20C/ ASSOCD WITH UPPER TROF. THIS WL LEAD TO STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND THE CHC OF TSTMS WITH MARGINAL SVR HAIL. RAIN CHCS WL DECREASE LATER TNGT AS UPPER SYSTEM SHIFTS E OF THE FA. MAX TEMPS A TOUGH CALL FOR TODAY. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE HIGHS EARLY IN THE DAY. HOWEVER...IF WE MANAGE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS LATER TODAY...TEMPS WL MAKE SOME RECOVERY. WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE NGM AND AVN MOS TEMPS FOR THE SHORT TERM. HIGH PRES WL BUILD INTO THE MID-SOUTH FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK BEFORE THE RDG SHIFTS SWD AND WARM SWLY FLOW SETS UP. DID NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT EXTENDED FCST PROGS...BUT STILL LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER UPPER SYS WL AFFECT THE FA LATER IN THE WEEKEND. LTL CHG MADE TO CURRENT FCST. ..44.. .LZK...NONE.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AND WILL EXIT THE STATE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...SOME LINGERING PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF FOR A SHORT WHILE. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING PROGRESSIVELY COLDER AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL MOVE OVER WARMER CONDITIONS NEAR THE GROUND...WITH THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO ARKANSAS. PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER TODAY. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MONDAY WILL BE DRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 51
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-181100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 225 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT... HEAVY RAIN SHIFTED FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONDAY EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE SLIDING INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. AS OF 2 AM THIS MORNING...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED FROM MELBOURNE...TO CONWAY AND LITTLE ROCK...TO PINE BLUFF AND MONTICELLO. SINCE 6 PM MONDAY EVENING...PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN ABOUT HALF A DOZEN COUNTIES IN THE NORTH AND WEST THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. A FEW TOTALS INCLUDED 3.23 INCHES AT RUSSELLVILLE...2.49 INCHES AT MOUNT IDA...2.09 INCHES AT HOT SPRINGS AND 1.56 INCHES AT MOUNTAIN HOME. AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER...THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY AS OF 2 AM. IN FACT...THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE IN THE WAY OF THUNDER OVERALL. HOWEVER...THERE IS A LOT OF WIND ENERGY ALOFT. AT LITTLE ROCK... WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 50 TO 60 MPH JUST A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THIS ENERGY MAY CAUSE ROTATION IN A FEW DEVELOPING STORMS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ABOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF SALEM...MOUNTAIN VIEW...LONOKE...AND HAMPTON. PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
332 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 AM MORRILTON AR FLASH FLOODS
11/18/03 CONWAY SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 64
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
SEVERAL OTHER STREETS IN
MORRILTON FLOODED AS WELL.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0230 AM MOUNTAIN VIEW AR FLASH FLOODS
11/18/03 STONE STREET FLOODING IN
DOWNTOWN MOUNTAIN VIEW.
FLOODING INSIDE COUNTY JAIL
AS WELL. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0300 AM COUNTY WIDE AR FLASH FLOODS
11/18/03 IZARD SOME COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0300 AM CLINTON AR FLASH FLOODS
11/18/03 VAN BUREN STREET FLOODING. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
57ARZ006-007-014>016-024-025-033-034-045>047-056-057-063>065-067>069- 181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 456 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...TORNADO WATCH 956 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...FULTON...IZARD...SHARP...STONE...CLEBURNE...INDEPENDENCE... JACKSON...WHITE...WOODRUFF...LONOKE...PRAIRIE...MONROE... JEFFERSON...ARKANSAS...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...DESHA...CALHOUN... BRADLEY...DREW...DESHA... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THESE AREAS HAS ENDED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 57
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred at the River Bend Park in Hardy. About 100 camping trailers and recreation vehicles were underwater. Twelve people had to be rescued from the camping trailers located at the park. No injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5330617.