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 Aug 21, 10:12 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1112 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES NEARLY CLEAR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AN MCV WAS NOTED OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. FORCING FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON APPEARS TO BE WEAK...HOWEVER FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORT DAMAGING WING GUSTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH. 55 .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 400 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STILL IN PLACE...AND SLOWER TO BREAK DOWN THAN NOTED IN PREVIOUS FORECASTS. FRONT HELD AT BAY NEAR ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER...AND WILL NOT MOVE MUCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN TREND...WILL BE MORE TIME FOR MOISTURE TO INCREASE... AND SYSTEMS ALOFT TO INTERACT WITH THE FRONT. HAVE UPPED CHANCES FOR RAIN TODAY/TONIGHT...AND ADDED PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY WITH FRONT STILL NOT OUT OF THE STATE. HOT/HUMID AHEAD OF FRONT...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH HEAT ADVISORY CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TODAY. WITH MORE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY...HEAT NOT AS MUCH OF A FACTOR. ADVISORY MAY BE WARRANTED IN THE EXTREME SOUTH...BUT WILL SEE HOW FRONT PROGRESSES BEFORE MAKING THIS CALL. FRONT APPEARS THAT IT WILL FINALLY EXIT THE STATE TO THE SOUTH MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY. WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG FRONT WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDER IN THE STATE NORTH OF THE FRONT. DRY/COOLER WEATHER IN THE FORECAST BY MIDWEEK WITH LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS. (46) && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL REASSERT ITSELF DURING THE LONG TERM...WITH THE HEAT RETURNING. THE COOLER CONDITIONS LATE IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE FOUND TO THE NORTHEAST. LITTLE/NO RAIN EXPECTED...WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. (32) && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 97 74 92 67 / 30 30 40 30 HARRISON AR 91 70 86 63 / 40 40 50 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 98 73 93 69 / 20 20 30 30 PINE BLUFF AR 99 74 93 69 / 20 20 30 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 91 70 85 62 / 40 40 50 40 MONTICELLO AR 100 75 94 70 / 20 20 30 30 SEARCY AR 95 73 90 65 / 30 30 40 40 MOUNT IDA AR 98 73 92 68 / 20 20 40 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 95 72 90 66 / 30 30 40 30 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ021-ARZ022-ARZ030-ARZ031- ARZ032-ARZ033-ARZ034-ARZ037-ARZ038-ARZ039-ARZ040-ARZ041-ARZ042- ARZ043-ARZ044-ARZ045-ARZ046-ARZ047-ARZ052-ARZ053-ARZ054-ARZ055- ARZ056-ARZ057-ARZ062-ARZ063-ARZ064-ARZ065-ARZ066-ARZ067-ARZ068- ARZ069. && SHORT TERM...46 / LONG TERM....32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1053 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211000- 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- 1053 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT REACH SEVERE LEVELS. MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HEAT VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 110...ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ISOLATED STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM TODAY. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 55
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines. The roof of the old post office was also blown off.
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