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 Jan 12, 3:00 PM CST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY UPPER TROF WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA TONIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS EARLY THURSDAY. AN OLD ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA BY 12Z THURSDAY. EXPECT A SQUALL LINE TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST THIS EVENING AND MARCH EAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT. FIGURE ON LINE REACHING WESTERN AREAS AROUND 02Z OR 03Z...PROGRESSING ACROSS THE LITTLE ROCK METRO AREA AROUND 06Z THEN MOVING OUT OF THE EAST AROUND 10Z. THIS COULD EASILY FLUCTUATE AND HOUR OR TWO BUT WILL GO WITH THAT TREND. WENT WITH 100 PERCENT POPS FOR THE TIME PERIOD I EXPECT THE SQUALL LINE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WITH LOWER POPS BEFORE AND AFTER. MENTIONED HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE IN THE GRIDS WHERE POPS WERE 80 PERCENT OR GREATER. STILL LOOKS LIKE MOSTLY A WIND DAMAGE EVENT AS INSTABILITY WILL BE MARGINAL WHILE DYNAMICS ARE STRONG. BY 12Z THURSDAY...EXPECT THE ROUGH WEATHER TO BE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA BUT RESIDUAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN THE EASTERN HALF ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROF. CONTINUED SMALL POPS FOR THURSDAY MORNING IN EAST. TEMP FORECASTS FOR TONIGHT WILL BE TRICKY BUT WENT FAIRLY CLOSE TO MAV MOS. TEMPS MAY CONTINUE TO FALL A LITTLE MORE THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE MAKING A SMALL RECOVERY REACHING MAXES SHORTLY AFTER NOON THEN STARTING TO FALL OFF. CLOUDS SHOULD DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT AND A DRY AND COLD PERIOD WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH DOMINATING UNDER QUASI ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. && .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY COLD AND DRY PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. LOOKS LIKE SOME REINFORCING ARCTIC FRONTS MOVE THROUGH OVER THE WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY...AND ANOTHER ONE NEXT WEDNESDAY. SOME MOISTURE IS PROGGED WITH THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BUT WILL LEAVE MENTION OF PRECIPITATION OUT FOR NOW. APPEARS ANY PRECIP WITH THIS WOULD BE LIGHT SNOW BASED ON FORECAST 1000-500 THICKNESS VALUES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 48 57 27 45 / 100 20 0 0 HARRISON AR 37 44 20 38 / 100 10 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 48 55 28 45 / 100 10 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 50 58 28 47 / 100 20 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 38 46 20 38 / 100 10 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 52 59 29 49 / 100 30 0 0 SEARCY AR 46 55 25 44 / 100 20 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 48 53 27 45 / 100 10 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 44 49 25 42 / 100 10 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES ARZ003>007... ARZ012>016...ARZ021>025...ARZ030>034...ARZ037>047...ARZ052>057... ARZ062>069. && 29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 505 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-131100- 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- 505 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING AS IT APPROACHES ARKANSAS. SOUTH WINDS ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY AT TIMES. THUS...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE MOISTURE LEVELS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THESE AND OTHER FACTORS WILL COMBINE TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. AS THE LINE MOVES EAST...IT WILL TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES. PERSONS ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE REMINDED TO MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE STATE AROUND SUNRISE THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY...AS COLDER AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST. ALTHOUGH COLD WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS...PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ENDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS AND STATEWIDE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 51
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
912 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG BRUNO 36.15N 92.77W
01/12/2005 MARION AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN BLOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 235. POWER LINES DOWN.
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58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
920 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 PM TSTM WND GST FLIPPIN 36.28N 92.59W
01/12/2005 M56 MPH MARION AR OFFICIAL NWS OBS
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46The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains produced flash flooding south of Mountain Home. Several county roads were closed for a few hours due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 2005
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