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 Mar 18, 4:00 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 AM CST THU MAR 18 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH THE RAINFALL MORE SCATTERED IN CENTRAL SECTIONS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 4 INCHES RECEIVED IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUING. WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND WILL REMAIN A FACTOR TODAY. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TODAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FOR FRIDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THIS FEATURE...AND RAISED POPS INTO THE HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY. LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO RAISE AGAIN. COOL DOWN WILL COME IN SUNDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 71 53 71 55 / 20 20 30 30 HARRISON AR 69 43 68 55 / 10 10 40 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 73 54 72 57 / 20 20 30 30 PINE BLUFF AR 72 54 71 56 / 30 20 30 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 68 42 67 54 / 10 10 40 20 MONTICELLO AR 73 54 72 57 / 30 20 30 30 SEARCY AR 70 49 69 54 / 20 20 30 30 MOUNT IDA AR 73 54 72 58 / 20 20 30 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 71 49 70 56 / 20 20 30 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 510 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-181100- 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- 510 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEASTERN TEXAS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS ARKANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...AND INTERACTS WITH SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL LOWS MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE GREATEST THREATS FROM STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HARRISON TO MOUNT IDA TO MENA...BUT SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST LATER TONIGHT. PEOPLE ARE REMINDED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY IN OTHER AREAS FURTHER EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 22
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1140 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1133 PM HAIL HOT SPRINGS 34.49N 93.05W
03/17/2004 2.75 INCH GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS.
1125 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN PINE 34.57N 93.17W
03/17/2004 1.00 INCH GARLAND AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
1125 PM HAIL SUNSHINE 34.47N 93.23W
03/17/2004 0.75 INCH GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER OUT IN PARTS OF WESTERN GARLAND COUNTY.
1055 PM HAIL 1 N AVANT 34.66N 93.33W
03/17/2004 1.25 INCH GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL OF VARYING SIZES FROM 3/4 INCH TO 1 1/4 INCHES. ALSO
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 45 MPH.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1154 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 PM TSTM WND DMG ROYAL 34.52N 93.23W
03/17/2004 GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
STORAGE BUILDINGS BLOWN OUT INTO U.S. HIGHWAY 270.
ROADWAY BLOCKED.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1157 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1154 PM HAIL MALVERN 34.37N 92.82W
03/17/2004 1.75 INCH HOT SPRING AR PUBLIC
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
105 AM CST THU MAR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 AM HAIL PINE BLUFF ARSENAL 34.33N 92.10W
03/18/2004 0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
129 AM CST THU MAR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 AM HAIL 7 WSW PINE BLUFF 34.17N 92.13W
03/18/2004 0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OCCURRED AT SULPHUR SPRINGS.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
211 AM CST THU MAR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 AM FLASH FLOOD ODEN 34.62N 93.79W
03/18/2004 MONTGOMERY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
BRUSHY ROAD UNDER WATER. LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE AREA
COVERED WITH WATER.
1210 AM HAIL NORMAN 34.46N 93.68W
03/18/2004 0.75 INCH MONTGOMERY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
1155 PM TSTM WND DMG PINE RIDGE 34.58N 93.88W
03/17/2004 MONTGOMERY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
1110 PM HAIL 2 ENE SILVER 34.54N 93.47W
03/17/2004 1.00 INCH MONTGOMERY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OCCURRED AT JOPLIN.
1030 PM HAIL ODEN 34.62N 93.79W
03/17/2004 0.75 INCH MONTGOMERY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
28The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused flash flooding to occur over the western portion of Hot Spring County. A number of culverts were washed out on several county roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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