1 tornado, 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 10, 10:15 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1015 PM CST WED NOV 10 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW APPEARS TO BE OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AT ISSUE TIME BASED ON SATELLITE. MAIN COLD FRONT IS LAGGING BEHIND THE SYSTEM. MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS INTO EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND IT SHOULD PROGRESS EAST INTO ARKANSAS AND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. MEANWHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED MOSTLY FROM WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN AIDED BY SOME UPPER DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW. INSTABILITY IS QUITE MARGINAL SO THIS WILL CUT DOWN ON SEVERE POTENTIAL ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. FIGURE ON ACTIVITY CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS SO LEFT POPS AT 80 PERCENT. DID UPDATE MAINLY TO CLEAR UP EVENING WORDING. UPPED WIND FORECASTS A LITTLE IN THE EAST WHERE STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE PRECIPITATION...BUT THAT SHOULD DECREASE SOME ONCE RAIN BEGINS. TEMP FORECASTS LOOK GOOD AT THIS TIME. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1215 AM CST THU NOV 11 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111100- 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- 1215 AM CST THU NOV 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST TOWARD ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MOST SECTIONS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVITY IS NOT LIKELY TONIGHT. 38
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:03 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado touched down briefly just south of Hagarville. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado were some uprooted trees and other trees that were snapped off.
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