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 16, 5:45 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 645 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 .DISCUSSION... WHOLESALE CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE ZONES/GRIDS WITH AN UPDATE COMING AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 648 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 7 PM AS ALL CONVECTION HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. OF MORE SIGNIFICANCE WILL BE A COMPLETE REWORK OF POPS AND QPF FIELDS. CURRENT SATELLITE SHOWS REMNANT OF A STRONG MCV CURRENTLY IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. STILL NO ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE AS AIR MASS APPEARS TO BE CAPPED IN THIS AREA. QUICK LOOK AT THE 00Z SOUNDING FROM KLZK SHOWS VIRTUALLY NO CAP. WHILE PRECIPITATION IS STILL POSSIBLE AS FEATURE MOVES INTO A MORE DESIRABLE ENVIRONMENT ...POPS WILL BE SLASHED ACROSS THE BOARD. WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH AS FEATURE EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. WILL REEVALUATE FORECAST WHEN NEW MODEL RUN COMES IN AND ANOTHER UPDATE MAY BE WARRANTED. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-171000- 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- 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH ARKANSAS TONIGHT...WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE AFFECTED AREAS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HOT SPRINGS...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO BRINKLEY. AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT ARE THESE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTH ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE STATE AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 58
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains flooded a number of streets east of Pine Bluff.
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