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 Sep 11, 2:39 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 LOOKS LIKE HEAVY RAINS MAY AFFECT THE WESTERN SECTION OF OUR FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE MORE HEAVY RAIN PAST THE FIRST PERIOD AS THE SLUG OF MOISTURE TRANSLATES NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. VERTICAL VELOCITIES AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE WILL PROVIDE AMPLE LIFT TO HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE LOWER THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IN LIGHT OF ALL THE RAIN AND CLOUDS THAT WILL BE OVER THE STATE. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT/BOUNDARY WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST UNTIL THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY...BUT IT WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. HRO 65 74 60 74 / 70 80 80 50 LIT 69 81 66 82 / 50 50 60 50 HOT 69 81 66 82 / 60 60 70 50 PBF 69 83 67 83 / 40 40 50 50 .LZK...NONE. 32
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-121000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS TODAY FROM THE PLAINS STATES. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO THE STATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...CLOSER TO THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT...INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE STATE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THIS FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE DOMINATE FEATURE IN THE WEATHER THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE STATE AS THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE EAST. RAINFALL WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AS THE FRONT EXITS THE STATE. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FOLLOW WITH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE REGION...BRINGING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 58
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in Camden. Several roads in town were under water for a few hours.
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, September 2003
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