1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 May 30, 1:45 PM CST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 245 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CONVECTION HAS FIRED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE CDFNT ACRS NRN AND WRN AR. A FEW STORMS ALONG THE LINE HAVE BEEN SHOWING SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS OVER THE PAST HOUR. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONT WORKING EWD ACRS AR THRU THIS EVENING. WILL BE WATCHING FOR FURTHER FORMATION OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS AHEAD OF THE LINE FOR TORNADIC POTENTIAL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OVERALL MODEL TRENDS IN AGREEMENT WITH PREV RUNS AND HAVE NOT MADE TOO MANY CHGS TO GOING FCST DURG THE SHORT TERM. EXPECT CONVECTION TO EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE TONIGHT AS IT MOVES EWD ACRS THE FA. HAVE LIKELY POPS THIS EVENING...TAPERING TO CHC POPS BEHIND FROPA LATER TONIGHT. MODELS STILL WANT TO TAKE THE FNT JUST S OF AR ON MON AND STALL IT OUT INTO TUE. HAVE LEFT SOME SCTD POPS FOR MAINLY MY SRN COUNTIES MON INTO TUE TIMEFRAME. FNT BEGINS TO LIFT SLOLY BACK NWD LATE TUE INTO WED. BOTH THE ETA AND GFS SOLUTIONS ARE INDCG SHRA/TSRA REFORMING N OF THE BNDRY TUE NIGHT AND WED. HAVE GONE WITH 20-30 PERCENT POPS FOR MOST AREAS FOR NOW. && .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL BE DIVING SOUTHEAST IN UPPER FLOW AND CARVING A TROF JUST EAST OF THE STATE THAT WILL EVOLVE INTO A CUT OFF LOW BEYOND THE PRESENT FORECAST RANGE. THE TROF WILL KEEP UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER ARKANSAS AS SURFACE BOUNDARY LINGERS IN THE VICINITY OF OUR STATE. THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE FORECAST AREA OR SOME PORTION OF IT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE ABOVE NORMAL RANGE FOR HIGHS AND LOWS IN MOIST AIR. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR ZONES ARZ003>007...ARZ012>016...ARZ021>025...ARZ030>034... ARZ037>047...ARZ052>057...ARZ062>069. && 44/32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR...UPDATED 1030 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000- 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 SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. IT WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST. AS IT INTENSIFIES WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS TODAY. THE LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT SLOWLY EASTWARD... APPROACHING NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS MORNING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AROUND NOON AND IT WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BE PLOWING INTO A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. WINDS ALOFT AND OTHER FACTORS WILL BE COMING TOGETHER TO PRODUCE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALL OF ARKANSAS WILL BE UNDER A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR OR ALONG THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALSO. THE STORMS WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE LITTLE ROCK METROPOLITAN AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND FINALLY THEY WILL BE EXITING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE BY SUNRISE MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF ARKANSAS MONDAY AND IT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IT IS LIKELY THAT SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 32
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
925 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG PINE BLUFF 34.21N 92.02W
05/30/2004 JEFFERSON AR EMERGENCY MNGR
SHEET METAL BLOWN OFF A HOTEL IN NORTHWEST PINE BLUFF.
POWER OUT IN A 10 BLOCK AREA.
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
936 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG CLINTON 35.58N 92.45W
05/30/2004 VAN BUREN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG SCOTLAND 35.52N 92.62W
05/30/2004 VAN BUREN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0705 PM TSTM WND DMG FORMOSA 35.47N 92.52W
05/30/2004 CONWAY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG AMY 33.73N 92.82W
05/30/2004 OUACHITA AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
MANY TREES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF OUACHITA
COUNTY FROM 710 TO 750 PM. CREWS REMOVING TREES FROM
ROADS.
0715 PM HAIL BRAGG CITY 33.67N 92.99W
05/30/2004 1.75 INCH OUACHITA AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0910 PM FLASH FLOOD CHIDESTER 33.70N 93.02W
05/30/2004 OUACHITA AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERING ROADS FROM CHIDESTER TO BEARDEN.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
951 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG JOAN 34.12N 92.93W
05/30/2004 CLARK AR EMERGENCY MNGR
MANY TREES DOWN AROUND JOAN. TWO HOUSES BADLY DAMAGED BY
FALLING TREES.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
959 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HAIL ELIZABETH 36.33N 92.10W
05/30/2004 1.50 INCH FULTON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S NEWPORT 35.57N 91.24W
05/30/2004 JACKSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG TUCKERMAN 35.73N 91.20W
05/30/2004 JACKSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E NEWPORT 35.63N 91.16W
05/30/2004 JACKSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
BUILDING AT FLYING SERVICE DAMAGED.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1012 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD HAMPTON 33.54N 92.47W
05/30/2004 CALHOUN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 167 NEAR HAMPTON.
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 NW HAMPTON 33.59N 92.53W
05/30/2004 CALHOUN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE JUNCTION OF
ARKANSAS HIGHWAYS 274 AND 203.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1041 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITE HALL 34.28N 92.10W
05/30/2004 JEFFERSON AR EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF OF HOUSE DAMAGED.
&&
28The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:47 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several county roads were flooded in Cleveland County due to excessive rain.
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, May 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: 5395606.