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 Jul 21, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT UPPER RIDGE HOLDING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL GENERALLY CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY WITH SOME MINOR CHANGES. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH BUT WILL LIKELY HANG JUST NORTH OF THE AREA INTO FRIDAY. SHOULD SEE LITTLE CHANGE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH NOT MANY CLOUDS AND PRACTICALLY NO CONVECTION AS CAPPING SHOULD DOMINATE. TEMPS SHOULD BE CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE ALTHOUGH MAXES MAY MOVE UP A LITTLE FROM EFFECTS OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. STILL NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN THE AREA. THERE STILL LOOKS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE RIDING ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RIDGE WHICH COULD HELP SEND THE FRONT INTO THE STATE LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND A SECOND SHORT WAVE SATURDAY MAY GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOVE. WILL GO WITH THE FRONT BEING NEAR THE NORTHERN BORDER ON FRIDAY AND SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY. MUCH OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE ALONG OR BEHIND THE FRONT SO WILL NOT BEGIN POPS IN THE NORTH UNTIL FRIDAY AND WILL INCREASE TO CHANCE POPS LATE IN THE DAY. MEANWHILE...A SHORT WAVE FROM THE SOUTH SHEARS INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND WILL PUT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY DUE TO THIS. WILL KEEP POPS OUT OF CENTRAL SECTIONS FOR FRIDAY FOR NOW. WILL INCREASE POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS THE FRONT MAY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND THE REMNANTS OF THE SOUTHERN SHORT WAVE REMAIN IN THE AREA. GFS HINTING AT AREA OF OVERRUNNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL GO LOWER ON MAXES SATURDAY DUE TO EFFECTS OF THE FRONT AND THE ASSOCIATED CLOUDS AND RAIN. MINS LIKELY WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH EXCEPT IN THE NORTH. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO STRONG HIGH PRESSURE...THINK THAT THE FRONT WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING IT THROUGH THE STATE. AS SUCH...HAVE INTRODUCED POPS FROM LITTLE ROCK SOUTH ON SUNDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR TIMING ISSUES. FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED...WILL CONTINUE THE DRY FORECAST. NEW GFS RUN STILL SHOWS CUT OFF LOW FORMING IN THE PLAINS/MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND DO NOT THINK THAT IS FEASIBLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 72 95 73 95 / 0 10 10 10 HARRISON AR 70 91 70 89 / 10 10 10 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 72 95 73 95 / 0 10 10 20 PINE BLUFF AR 72 95 73 95 / 0 10 10 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 70 91 71 89 / 10 10 10 30 MONTICELLO AR 72 95 73 95 / 0 10 10 20 SEARCY AR 72 94 72 94 / 0 10 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 72 94 73 94 / 0 10 10 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 71 94 72 93 / 0 10 10 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 29/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT WED JUL 21 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000- 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- 500 AM CDT WED JUL 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MID 90S...ALONG WITH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS LATE FRIDAY AND PERSIST OVER THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS. WHILE SOME STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...THE CHANCES OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER APPEAR LOW. IF THE FRONT SLOWS DOWN OVER A PARTICULAR AREA OF THE STATE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 44
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding at Batavia. Several roads were impassible due to high water. A spotter reported that 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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