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 Jul 1, 9:28 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1025 AM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPDATE ON THE WAY THIS MORNING TO LOWER POPS AND QPF FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. CURRENT RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A DECREASING TREND WITH THE PRECIPITATION AS DRIER AIR TRIES TO PUNCH IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS DRY SLOT ENTERING THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE BUT NOT CONFIDENT HOW FAR IT WILL PROGRESS AS LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION IN OKLAHOMA TRIES TO MOVE EASTWARD. NEW MODELS SHUNT ALL THE PRECIPITATION OFF TO THE EAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. STILL SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLE CENTRAL AND NORTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY IN TROPICAL AIRMASS. WITH NO REAL FORCING SEEN WILL LOWER POPS ACROSS ALL AREAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTH WHERE MODELS CONTINUE TO SWING A SHORTWAVE THROUGH. WILL ALSO NEED TO LOWER TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND RAIN COOLED AIR. MODELS CONTINUE TO SWING THE UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY SO ONLY A RESPITE FROM THE WET WEATHER EXPECTED. MODELS ALSO SPEEDING THE SYSTEM UP VERSUS THIS TIME YESTERDAY BUT WILL WAIT FOR ALL THE DATA TO COME IN BEFORE MAKING WHOLESALE CHANGES. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 815 AM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000- 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- 815 AM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG BRIEFLY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. DUE TO COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...AND LIGHT WINDS AT THE LOWER AND MID LEVELS...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW-MOVING... AND THEY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF...HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP CLOSE TO ARKANSAS IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. IT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FOUR-STATE AREA OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTH EAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT APPEARS THAT THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 38
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:10 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused street flooding to occur in and around Warren.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2004
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: 5415848.