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 Jun 15, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1050 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW ANALYZED OVER EASTERN TEXAS THIS MORNING WITH SURFACE LOW NEAR KJAN. AREAS OF RAIN MOVING MOSTLY EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATION IN THE SOUTH. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS THIS MORNING UPPED POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY IN CENTRAL AND EAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND WENT TO 70 PERCENT IN THE SOUTH. UPPED POPS TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTHWEST. NORMALLY...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND EFFECTS OF KANSAS MCS OVERNIGHT WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS BUT SATELLITE THIS MORNING SHOWED EFFECTS OF TROPICAL LOWS IN THIS AREA AND CIRCULATION AROUND IT DISRUPTING THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGES OF THE DECAYING MCS...SO ANY OUTFLOWS FROM THIS WILL LIKELY WASH OUT AND NOT BE MUCH OF A FACTOR. SLIGHT CHANGES MADE TO INCREASE CLOUDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMP AND WIND FORECASTS LOOK GOOD FOR NOW AND ONLY OTHER UPDATES WERE TO TAKE OUT MORNING WORDING. FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE THAT LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WILL BE MADE TO THE SHORT TERM FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY ON THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161000- 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 TUE JUN 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD TODAY. WARM...HUMID NEARLY TROPICAL AIR WILL BE IN PLACE OVER ARKANSAS. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL SET OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN...AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS FOR THE LARGER RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOW...BUT AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE LOW PRESSURE WILL STILL BE AFFECTING ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...SO LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. THE LOW WILL DRIFT EAST OF THE STATE BY THURSDAY...WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING THEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 28
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall briefly flooded a portion of U.S. Highway 64 at Hartman.
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, June 2004
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