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 3, 3:00 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING WITH MCS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE CWA AT ISSUANCE TIME. THE MCS WILL LIKELY SPREAD SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING. STORMS HAVE SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE THIS MORNING. BUT LOOK FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AROUND MIDDAY. ACTUAL LOCATION OF THIS STILL IN QUESTION AND IT MAY END UP BEING SOUTH OF THE CWA. APPEARS NOW THAT NORTHERN SECTIONS MAY HAVE STEADY LIGHT RAIN FOR AWHILE THIS MORNING WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS MOVED OFF TO THE SOUTH. AS A RESULT WILL LEAVE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS IT IS FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS...EXPIRING AT 8 AM. IF IT LOOKS LIKE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS AFTER THAT...MAY EXTEND LATER THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ON THE OUTFLOWS LATER TODAY WILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF BEING SEVERE BUT WILL NOT PLAY UP IN THE ZONES ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS A CHANCE THAT COULD END UP HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE CWA. LOWERED POPS IN THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BY THIS EVENING HAVE 20 PERCENT POPS ACROSS THE AREA WITH 30 PERCENT IN THE SOUTHEAST. WENT WITH DRY FORECAST LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. STUCK IN 20 PERCENT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE EVENT SOME BOUNDARIES ARE AROUND FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE HOT HUMID UNSTABLE AIR. BEYOND THAT...LEFT SMALL POPS IN JUST IN CASE SHORT WAVES IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD COME CLOSE TO THE AREA OR MCS ACTIVITY IN THE PLAINS MANAGES TO REACH INTO THE AREA. SURFACE PATTERN SETS UP WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW WHICH SHOULD BRING QUITE WARM CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. HOWEVER THE RECENT RAINS SHOULD KEEP DEW POINTS OPPRESSIVE AND SHOULD HOLD MAXES IN CHECK. WENT CLOSER TO FWC NUMBERS. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EXTENDED KEPT ABOUT THE SAME. FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ABOUT WEDNESDAY WITH AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF RAIN AT THAT TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 87 72 92 73 / 60 20 20 20 HARRISON AR 86 69 88 69 / 70 20 20 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 88 72 93 73 / 60 20 20 20 PINE BLUFF AR 88 72 93 73 / 50 20 20 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 85 69 88 69 / 70 20 20 20 MONTICELLO AR 89 73 93 74 / 50 30 20 20 SEARCY AR 86 71 91 72 / 60 20 20 20 MOUNT IDA AR 89 72 93 73 / 60 20 20 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 87 71 92 71 / 60 20 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 800 AM CDT TODAY FOR ZONES ARZ003>007...ARZ012>016...ARZ021>025...ARZ030>034...ARZ037>047. && 29/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000- 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 SAT JUL 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TODAY. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT DUE TO THIS DISTURBANCE AND BROUGHT LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE STATE. THIS RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA...OR NORTH OF A MENA TO LITTLE ROCK TO BRINKLEY LINE. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE. HOWEVER...LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES FROM THE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL AID IN NEW DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE TODAY. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...INDEPENDENCE DAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK...MOISTURE WILL BE PLENTIFUL ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE STATE...AND WITH WARM UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE WEDNESDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY IS FOR DRY CONDITIONS ...BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES IN FOR FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 58
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:38 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains produced flash flooding in Mena. Several streets were flooded and impassible for a short period of time.
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