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 5, 2:08 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 308 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT COLD FRONT IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM HARRISON SOUTHWESTWARD TO FORT SMITH. FARTHER SOUTHEAST...HOT WITH ONLY ISOLATED PRECIPITATION. FRONT EXPECTED TO SAG SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH AXIS OF PRECIPITATION GRADUALLY SHIFTING INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. ALONG WITH MORE CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION...TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE SO HOT IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH READINGS AT/A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL. APPEARS THAT LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES TOWARD THE END OF THE SHORT TERM...WITH HIGH PRESSURE COVERING MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. GIVEN PATTERN...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE FORECAST HEADING INTO THE LONG TERM...WITH CONTINUED CHANCES OF RAIN. (46) && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL ALLOW SEVERAL SHORT WAVES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. WILL KEEP 20 AND 30 POPS ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST WILL GRADUALLY BUILD INTO THE AREA AND WILL BRING DRIER AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. (51) && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 72 91 71 92 / 30 40 40 30 HARRISON AR 66 86 67 88 / 40 40 20 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 71 92 72 92 / 30 40 40 30 PINE BLUFF AR 72 92 72 92 / 20 30 30 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 66 86 67 88 / 40 40 20 20 MONTICELLO AR 73 94 73 92 / 20 30 30 30 SEARCY AR 71 90 70 91 / 30 40 40 30 MOUNT IDA AR 71 91 71 92 / 30 40 40 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 70 90 70 92 / 40 40 40 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...46 / LONG TERM....51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-061000- BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD- INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY- FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND- SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT- JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA- CALHOUN-BRADLEY-DREW- 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS TODAY. THIS WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS TODAY. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSE TO THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 38/44
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds picked up an empty shed and threw it into a nearby house. No damage was caused to the house itself. A few tree limbs were also broken off. Wind gusts were estimated up to 40 mph with this storm.
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