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 23, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BROKE OUT THIS AFTERNOON...AS A BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS INITIATED CONVECTION. COLD FRONT IS IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...ALTHOUGH IS IT MAINLY A WIND SHIFT LINE AS THE DRIER AIR IS STILL IN NORTHERN MISSOURI. BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. THIS WILL ALLOW THE FRONT TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE. GFS LOOKS TO MOVE THE FRONT THROUGH TOO FAST...WHILE THE ETA LOOKS TOO SLOW. WENT WITH A COMPROMISE...LEANING MORE TOWARD THE GFS EXCEPT IN QPF AMOUNTS. DO EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE OVER 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...PINPOINTING THE EXACT REGION OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEPEND ON SMALL FEATURES. AT THIS TIME...THINK THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEEING HEAVY RAIN WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...CLOSER TO THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS. DUE TO THE WEAK WIND FIELDS...STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING. A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. THESE WILL BRING MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE STATE. AT THIS POINT...HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE MODEL DISCREPANCIES ...RAINFALL POTENTIAL COULD REMAIN INTO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE EXTENDING LIKELY POPS THAT FAR OUT DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END SUNDAY IN THE NORTH...AND SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTH. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY...BRINGING DRY WEATHER BACK TO THE STATE. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AREA STAYS DRY TUESDAY WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST BRINGING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF NORTHEAST TO EAST SURFACE WINDS TO THE AREA. SHORT WAVE IN DANGEROUS NORTHWEST FLOW MOVES MOSTLY THROUGH KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AT FIRST AND APPEARS EFFECTS OF IT WILL STAY TO THE WEST UNTIL THURSDAY. ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WEAK CLOSED LOW SWINGS THROUGH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WITH AN ACCOMPANYING AREA OF MOISTURE. PUT IN SMALL POPS FOR THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...CONTINUING THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WENT WITH 30 POPS IN THE SOUTH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH 20 POPS ELSEWHERE. MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO TEMP GRIDS. PATTERN FAVORS MAXES A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL WITH MINS NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 72 88 69 85 / 40 50 30 40 HARRISON AR 66 78 61 80 / 50 60 60 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 72 88 69 86 / 40 50 30 40 PINE BLUFF AR 73 89 70 86 / 40 40 30 40 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 66 78 61 79 / 50 60 60 40 MONTICELLO AR 73 91 71 87 / 30 40 30 40 SEARCY AR 71 86 67 84 / 40 50 40 40 MOUNT IDA AR 72 87 69 86 / 40 50 30 40 RUSSELLVILLE AR 70 84 67 84 / 40 50 40 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 58/29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 340 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000- 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- 340 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SAG THROUGH NORTHERN PARTS OF ARKANSAS TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN MOST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. ANY SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE LIMITED TO ISOLATED STORMS BRIEFLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER SMALL AREAS. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY AN HOUR OR SO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE SATURDAY. HOWEVER...LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT...KEEPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE STATE THROUGH SUNDAY. ANY SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY WOULD AGAIN BE LIMITED TO ONLY ISOLATED STORMS BRIEFLY BECOMING SEVERE. ONCE AGAIN...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY AN HOUR OR SO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 28
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
709 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0703 PM HAIL 7 S MOUNTAIN HOME 36.23N 92.38W
07/23/2004 1.25 INCH BAXTER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0703 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 S MOUNTAIN HOME 36.23N 92.38W
07/23/2004 BAXTER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED ROADS IN THE AREA LOOKED LIKE LITTLE
RIVERS.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
722 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 E BUFORD 36.25N 92.43W
07/23/2004 BAXTER AR PUBLIC
WOMAN REPORTED HER YARD LOOKED LIKE A LAKE.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
730 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM HAIL DESHA 35.73N 91.68W
07/23/2004 0.75 INCH INDEPENDENCE AR PUBLIC
&&
28The Memphis radar (KNQA), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding in the Newport area. Some of the city streets were flooded for a short period of time.
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: 5416119.