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 Nov 1, 3:50 AM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 350 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOME SCTD SHOWERS NOTED OVER PARTS OF THE FA THIS MRNG...WITH BULK OF CONVECTION NOTED OVR ERN OK AND NWRN AR. INCRSG SLY FLOW HAS ALLOWED HIGHER DEWPOINTS TO ADVECT FURTHER NWD THIS MRNG. CONDS STILL SHAPING UP FOR A SIG HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT ACRS THE AREA LATER TODAY AND TNGT. MODEL SOLUTIONS THIS MRNG HAVE TRENDED A BIT SLOWER WITH OVERALL EWD PROGRESSION OF STORM SYS CURRENTLY TO OUR W. WILL STICK WITH A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ETA FOR THIS FCST. EXPECT AXIS OF HEAVIER RAIN TO WORK SLOLY EWD TODAY...AFFECTING MOST OF THE FA BY LATER THIS AFTN. ACTIVITY WILL CONT DURG THE OVERNIGHT HRS WITH CONTD THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS. HPC HAS A GOOD BIT OF THE AREA OUTLINED FOR HVY RAIN POTENTIAL THRU 12Z TUE. BASED ON ALL OF THIS...WILL EXTEND FF WATCH THRU TNGT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. LOOKING AT QPF AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS. CDFNT IS PROGGED TO ENTER WRN AR THIS EVENING. SEVERAL WAVES ALONG THE BNDRY ARE FCST TO TRACK NEWD INTO TUE...HELPING TO ENHANCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE FNT WILL STALL JUST TO THE SE OF STATE LATE TUE. MEANWHILE...THE UPPER SYS TO FCST TO LIFT NEWD OUT OF TX TUE NIGHT AND WED. THIS WILL AID IN THE FORMATION OF ANOTHER SFC LOW ALONG THE FNT ACRS ERN AR. APPEARS THE CHCS OF STRONG STORMS WILL RMN JUST TO OUR E WHERE MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE. THE EVENTUAL TRACK WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. UPPER LOW IS FCST TO TRACK TO THE W OF AR WED. WL NEED TO KEEP RAIN CHCS IN FOR MUCH OF WED. COULD SEE SOME DRIER AIR WORK INTO SWRN AR LATE IN THE DAY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL WORK IN BEHIND THE SYS BY WED EVENING. && .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY THE EXTENDED FORECAST WILL BE DRY. THE UPPER LOW WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TAKE PRECIPITATION CHANCES WITH IT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER...A QUICK MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE NORTH PART OF THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE THROUGH DRY SINCE IT WILL SEVERELY LACK MOISTURE. AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE MAIN RESULT OF THE PASSING FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE AND VERY DRY AIR RETURN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVES ON SUNDAY FROM THE NORTH. WILL NOT INCLUDE POPS FOR SUNDAY AT THIS TIME AS MOISTURE IS AGAIN LIMITED. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH FROM 400 AM CST MONDAY UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY FOR ZONES ARZ003>007...ARZ012>016... ARZ021>025...ARZ030>034...ARZ037>047...ARZ052>057...ARZ062>069. 44/51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 345 PM CDT MON NOV 1 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021100- 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- 345 PM CDT MON NOV 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY ADVANCE THROUGH THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. WARM AND HUMID AIR CONTINUES IN ADVANCE OF THIS COLD FRONT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER MAINLY EASTERN ARKANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE EAST. THE MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. WITH THE MAIN MOISTURE CHANNEL NOW OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR ROUGHLY EAST OF A BATESVILLE TO BENTON TO CAMDEN LINE. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WHICH WOULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RUN OFF CONCERNS AND RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAINFALL MAY BE ENHANCED AS THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ONLY CRAWL TO THE EAST...NOT REACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE FRONTAL SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO STALL OUT OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS TUESDAY WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON IT. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE STATE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTH AND WEST WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN OR MORE POSSIBLE. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW STILL HAS TO CROSS THE STATE WITH RAIN A POSSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN. IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY WILL BE OVER THE NORTH...CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CREATE MORE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS ...AND RISES ON LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION...AS FARM LANDS NEAR RIVER BANKS ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE LATE WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT....ACCOMPANIED BY DRIER AIR. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE STATE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR FLOODING CONCERNS. 56
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
940 AM CST MON NOV 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E YELLVILLE 36.23N 92.63W
11/01/2004 MARION AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES UPROOTED. DAMAGE TO PORCH AND ROOF OF HOUSE ACROSS
FROM RACE TRACK ON HWY 62 EAST.
0855 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE STEPHENS 33.45N 93.03W
11/01/2004 OUACHITA AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
HOUSE DAMAGED ON COUNTY ROAD 80 ALONG WITH ANIMALS
KILLED.
&&
58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1215 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM TSTM WND DMG TULIP 34.08N 92.65W
11/01/2004 DALLAS AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN BLOWN INTO STREET.
1155 AM FLASH FLOOD NORTH LITTLE ROCK 34.79N 92.26W
11/01/2004 PULASKI AR PUBLIC
CRYSTAL HILL ROAD AND BRIDEWAY FLOODED NEAR CENTRAL
ARKANSAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. CARS STALLED IN WATER AND
STRANDED.
1200 PM FLASH FLOOD LITTLE ROCK NATIONAL AI 34.73N 92.23W
11/01/2004 PULASKI AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
LA HARPE BVLD AT ROBINSON AUDITORIUM FLOODED AND STREETS
ARE BARICADED.
1210 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NW TULIP 34.11N 92.69W
11/01/2004 DALLAS AR EMERGENCY MNGR
STATE HIGHWAY 9 BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER.
&&
58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
114 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM FLASH FLOOD CABOT 34.97N 92.02W
11/01/2004 LONOKE AR NWS EMPLOYEE
STREET FLOODING. WATER UP TO 4 INCHES STANDING IN SOME
YARDS.
1255 PM FLASH FLOOD SEARCY 35.24N 91.73W
11/01/2004 WHITE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER GETTING INTO SOME BUILDINGS AT HARDING UNIVERSITY.
0110 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S CABOT 34.95N 92.02W
11/01/2004 LONOKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING REPORTED ON KERR STATION ROAD. ROAD WAS
BARRICADED.
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
242 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 AM TSTM WND DMG KANSAS 33.86N 92.99W
11/01/2004 CLARK AR EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. SOME OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED.
TIN ROOFS OFF DOG KENNELS.
0100 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSE HAMPTON 33.46N 92.43W
11/01/2004 CALHOUN AR EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED. TREES DOWN.
&&
22The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were covered by high water near the Stuttgart airport as the result of heavy rainfall.
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, November 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: 5427997.