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 May 9, 2:29 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 328 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GO WITH THE STATUS QUO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT DRY/WARM WEATHER PATTERN SHOULD END AFTER TUESDAY. LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STILL OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES/LITTLE IF ANY RAIN LATELY. WEAK SYSTEM ALOFT WILL TRY TO END DRY SPELL TONIGHT. SYSTEM PROGGED TO STAY MOSTLY IN TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND INCLUDED SMALL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. OTHERWISE...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EVENTUALLY COLLAPSE BY TUESDAY...WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING OVERHEAD. SYSTEM ALOFT WILL RIDE FLOW INTO ARKANSAS FROM TEXAS...AND WILL BRING DECENT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. (57) .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SYSTEM ALOFT WILL BE DEPARTING TO THE NORTHEAST TO START THE EXTENDED PERIOD. LARGE TROUGH WILL DIG IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES...WITH RIDGING TO THE EAST. NEW STORM SYSTEM/SURFACE FRONT IN THE PLAINS THURSDAY/FRIDAY WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME PENETRATING RIDGE. NORTHERN END OF THE FRONT WILL SAIL INTO NEW ENGLAND...BUT SOUTHERN END APPEARS TO STALL IN MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. TOWARD NEXT WEEKEND...RIDGE FLATTENS OUT...BUT FRONT PARALLEL TO THE FLOW AND REMAINS PARKED JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE. GIVEN THE SCENARIO...LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE LOTS OF CLOUDS DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. WILL REMAIN WARM...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S/MID 80S AND READINGS AT NIGHT IN THE LOWER/MID 60S. (46) .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 64 86 64 82 / 10 10 10 30 HARRISON AR 61 80 60 78 / 10 10 10 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 64 84 64 81 / 10 10 20 30 PINE BLUFF AR 66 87 64 82 / 10 10 20 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 62 81 61 79 / 10 10 10 20 MONTICELLO AR 66 87 64 83 / 10 10 20 30 SEARCY AR 65 86 64 81 / 10 10 10 20 MOUNT IDA AR 63 83 64 80 / 10 10 20 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 60 84 61 80 / 10 10 10 30 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 57/46
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101000- 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 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IN THE AREA WILL WEAKEN EARLY THIS WEEK AND THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE COULD BE A CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN AS THIS OCCURS. THE FRONT SHOULD DEPART SOUTHERN ARKANSAS SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 51
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large trees were blown down just west of Searcy. Winds were estimated to be around 50 mph.
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