1 tornado, 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 Apr 29, 3:00 AM CST, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 AM CDT THU APR 29 2004 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY H5 HAS A SHORT WAVE WEAKENING TODAY AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST... SO I DECIDED TO KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY...LOWER THAN SUGGESTED BY GUIDANCE. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL DECREASE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...SO KEPT POPS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. BY THAT TIME THE LONG WAVE TROF WILL PICK UP THE LOW THAT HAD BEEN MEANDERING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT...SO THAT SUNDAY WILL BE FAIRLY SUNNY. IN THE MEANTIME...THE SURFACE FEATURES WILL KEEP A SOUTHERLY AND MOIST FLOW OVER THE STATE UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SURFACE COLD FRONT BEGINS ITS TREK ACROSS THE STATE. DRYING OUT WILL TAKE PLACE QUICKLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. KEPT HIGH TEMPERATURES FAIRLY WARM TODAY IN LIGHT OF LOW POPS AND LOWERED THEM GRADUALLY THROUGH SUNDAY. KEPT LOWS FAIRLY WARM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BECAUSE OF SOUTHERLY WINDS...THEN LOWERED THEM WITH THE FROPA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG UPPER TROF WILL BE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY THEN IT WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AND AN UPPER RIDGE WILL APPROACH. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL COVER THE AREA IN THE MEANTIME. A SURFACE HIGH/RIDGE WILL BE IN THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND THIS ALONG WITH THE COLD UPPER TROF IN PLACE WILL RESULT IN DRY AND UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER...AT LEAST FOR MINS. WOULD LOOK FOR MINS IN THE 40S IN MOST AREAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. MAXES MAY MANAGE TO MAKE THE 70S. A FEW POCKETS OF MOISTURE ARE INDICATED IN THE AREA. DID NOT MENTION ANY RAIN IN THE FORECAST RIGHT NOW AS OVERALL MOISTURE WILL NOT BE HIGH AND NO SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVES ARE INDICATED...BUT WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WILL CARRY 10-14 PCT POPS IN GRIDS. DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER SHOULD MOVE IN TOWARD MIDWEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES IN AND HEIGHTS RISE. TEXT && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 77 62 76 60 / 30 30 30 60 HARRISON AR 73 58 73 53 / 30 30 30 60 HOT SPRINGS AR 77 62 75 58 / 30 30 30 60 PINE BLUFF AR 77 62 77 61 / 30 30 30 60 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 73 58 75 55 / 30 30 30 60 MONTICELLO AR 78 63 77 61 / 30 30 30 50 SEARCY AR 76 62 76 60 / 30 30 30 60 MOUNT IDA AR 77 62 74 58 / 30 30 30 60 RUSSELLVILLE AR 76 61 75 56 / 30 30 30 60 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 32/29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 130 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 130 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE LESS ACROSS THE NORTH BUT SOME SHOWERS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL EXIT THE AREA QUICKLY THIS EVENING BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH A SQUALL LINE. THIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE STATE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING THE COLD FRONT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE AND GENERAL RAINFALL WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS HEAVY AS LAST WEEK. HOWEVER DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND RIVER FLOODING CONTINUING IN SOME LOCATIONS...THE RAINS ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY COULD AGGRAVATE OR PROLONG FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. RUNOFF AND FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL GENERALLY SUBSIDE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS ASIDE FROM WHAT AGGRAVATION IS CAUSED BY THE RAINS THROUGH SATURDAY. FLOODING ON PARTS OF THE LOWER WHITE RIVER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 29
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:36 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An F1 tornado tracked across the northern portion of Bradley County, to the southwest of Warren. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado were a number of large trees that were blown down, with several of them falling in county roads.
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