1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Mar 20, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 830 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 .DISCUSSION... CDFNT WORKING ACRS CNTRL AR ATTM WITH CONVECTION CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG AND S OF THE BNDRY. DRIER AIR MOVING IN QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH DEWPOINT READINGS IN THE 30S OVER NRN AR. UPDATED GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. REMOVED POPS FROM NRN COUNTIES... TRIMMED BACK POPS TO CHC CAT OVER CNTRL SECTIONS UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND INDCD A DECREASING RAIN CHCS OVER SRN AR OVERNIGHT. UPDATED GRIDS AND ZONES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211100- 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- 600 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ISOLATED STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF STATE THIS EVENING. 22
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a sign and broke a window at a business in Monticello.
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, March 2004
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