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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 1, 3:50 AM CST, 8 hours 15 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 1030 AM 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- 1030 AM CDT MON NOV 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WARM...HUMID AIR IS OVER THE NATURAL STATE DUE TO A WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY AND INTERACT WITH THE WARM AND HUMID AIR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON OVER THE NATURAL STATE TODAY. IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE...A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM...AND THUS INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM FOR AREAS EAST OF A CAMDEN...TO FORDYCE...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO SEARCY LINE. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE COLD FRONT...RAINFALL COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES. THUS...A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE STATE...WITH RAINFALL CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE STATE WEDNESDAY...FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF RAINFALL WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CREATE 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 WEDNESDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY DRY AIR. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE STATE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 58
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.
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58The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak F0 tornado touched down north of Keo and tracked to the northeast for about 8.6 miles before dissipating. Two homes sustained roof damage and a portion of a barn roof was blown off. Several tall trees were snapped off and a few power poles were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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