1 flash flood, 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 Nov 1, 3:30 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 330 PM CST MON NOV 1 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF THE CWA AT ISSUE TIME. HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED INTO EASTERN AREAS WITH LIGHT RAIN IN THE WEST WHICH HAS BEEN DECREASING. LOOKS LIKE MOST ACTIVE WEATHER WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN LIKELY BEING IN EASTERN AREAS AND ONLY AREAS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS IN THE WEST. THUS WILL DROP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN THE WEST AND CONTINUE IT THROUGH TONIGHT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS. ALL ACTIVITY MAY DECREASE LATER TONIGHT BUT WITH MAIN FRONTAL ZONE STILL IN THE AREA...NEW DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT REMAINS POSSIBLE. UPPER LOW WILL TRANSLATE TO THE EAST TUESDAY. LOOKS LIKE CWA WILL BE MOSTLY INTO THE COOL SECTOR SO THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA. MORE RAIN WILL LIKELY MOVE BACK INTO THE CWA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES CLOSER. WILL GO MOSTLY WITH RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDER. THERE IS SOME CHANCE OF MORE HEAVY RAIN LATER TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFTS EVALUATE THIS FOR FURTHER FLOOD WATCHES. MAIN UPPER LOW MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY...BRIEFLY TAKING ON A NEGATIVE TILT. LOOKS LIKE MOISTURE WILL BE CLOSE TO THE UPPER LOW CENTER WEDNESDAY WITH A DRY SLOT FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST. KEPT HIGHEST POPS IN THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY WITH LESSER POPS TO THE SOUTH. KEPT RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST BEYOND WEDNESDAY. TEMP FORECASTS WILL BE TRICKY. GUIDANCE SHOWS GOOD VARIABILITY AND THE COOLER MAV NUMBERS COULD BE REASONABLE. BASICALLY WENT WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN MAV AND FWC ON TEMPS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY DRY CONDITIONS PREVAIL THROUGH THE EXTENDED. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH FROM MISSOURI SUNDAY...BUT DUE TO LACK OF MOISTURE...NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. TEMPS WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 61 66 51 58 / 90 80 70 60 HARRISON AR 51 53 42 50 / 80 80 80 80 HOT SPRINGS AR 60 65 50 58 / 80 80 70 60 PINE BLUFF AR 62 67 52 60 / 100 80 80 60 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 53 54 43 50 / 90 80 80 80 MONTICELLO AR 64 68 53 62 / 100 80 80 50 SEARCY AR 60 65 50 57 / 100 80 70 60 MOUNT IDA AR 58 64 50 57 / 80 80 70 60 RUSSELLVILLE AR 56 61 47 54 / 80 80 70 70 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...AR...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY FOR ZONES ARZ016...ARZ024>025...ARZ032>034... ARZ043>047...ARZ055>057...ARZ062>0 69.. && 29/58
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
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.
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
304 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM TSTM WND DMG CHEROKEE VILLAGE 36.31N 91.53W
11/01/2004 SHARP AR BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE. SOME BOATS BLOWN OVER IN LAKE.
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD SEARCY 35.24N 91.73W
11/01/2004 WHITE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
ROADS INTO HARDING UNVERSITY FLOODED. SOCCER FIELDS
FLOODED. SIDE ROADS OFF BEEBE-CAPPS HIGHWAY FLOODED. HIGH
WATER RESCUE OF 2 PEOPLE OUT OF A STRANDED TRUCK.
0250 PM TSTM WND DMG HUMPHREY 34.42N 91.70W
11/01/2004 ARKANSAS AR AMATEUR RADIO
ROOFS BLOWN OFF. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
308 PM CST MON NOV 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S CALMER 33.94N 92.03W
11/01/2004 CLEVELAND AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO CHICKEN HOUSES DETROYED WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
&&
220The Memphis radar (KNQA), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall flooded a portion of Highway 37 near Beedeville. The roadway was impassible for a few hours due to the high water.
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: 5428072.