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 Jul 22, 1:50 PM CST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT UPPER RDG HAS INCRSD ITS INFLUENCE ACRS MUCH OF THE FA THIS AFTN...WITH MOST TEMPS WELL INTO THE 90S. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE TOPPED THE CENTURY MARK WHERE DRIER AIR HAS BEEN ABLE TO MIX DOWN. A FEW SHOWERS HAVE FORMED OVR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF W-CNTRL AR THIS AFTN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIE ARND SUNSET AND WL NOT HAVE ANY RAIN MENTIONED TNGT. UPPER RDG IS PROGGED TO PERSIST OVR AR THIS WEEKEND. EXPECT MAX TEMPS ON SAT TO BE A REPEAT TODAY AND AGAIN ON SUN AS UPPER RDG CENTER RMNS IN THE VCNTY. WARMEST READINGS EXPECT TO OCCUR WHERE LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED THE PAST WEEK...RESULTING IN DRIER SOIL CONDITIONS. WL EXTEND HEAT ADVY THRU SUN FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND S OF THE AR RIVER VALLEY. SOME RETURN IN MOISTURE IS NOTED FOR LATER SUN AND MONDAY. HAVE LEFT SMALL AFTN AND EARLY EVENING POPS FOR MAINLY S AR FOR THE TIME BEING. DID LOWER MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES FOR MON WITH MORE CLOUDS EXPECTED AS BETTER RETURN FLOW SETS UP AND CENTER OF UPPER RDG SLIDES EWD. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SYNOPTIC SCALE BUT THE DEVIL REMAINS IN THE DETAILS WITH SMALLER SCALE FEATURES NOT IN THE BEST AGREEMENT OR SHOWING THE BEST CONTINUITY. GFS CONTINUES TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH DRIVING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH THE DGEX MUCH SLOWER. DGEX SOLUTION HAS THE FRONT WAFFLING AROUND NORTH ARKANSAS/SOUTHERN MISSOURI FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE IT LIMPS THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. THIS SCENARIO MAKES MORE SENSE WITH HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST. SOLUTION ALSO IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER MODELS AND AS SUCH IS THE PREFERRED CHOICE. THE PERIOD BEGINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST AND OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH BROAD TROFFING OVER THE NATIONS MID SECTION AND A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA. AS UPPER FLOW BUCKLES EARLY IN THE PERIOD...MODELS TRY TO DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA TOWARDS THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. BASED ON THE UPPER FLOW ALOFT...FRONT EXPECTED TO WAFFLE AROUND NORTHERN ARKANSAS OR SOUTHERN MISSOURI BEFORE SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH BUT STILL ONLY REACHING THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE BY LATE FRIDAY. WITH FRONT IN THE GENERAL AREA THE MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD...WILL NEED TO KEEP AT LEAST SCATTERED POPS IN THE FORECAST. WITH NO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE FINER DETAILS...WILL NOT TRY TO TIME THE INDIVIDUAL WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE MEAN FLOW AND GO WITH MORE OF A BROAD BRUSH APPROACH. CONCERNING TEMPERATURES....INCREASED MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER WILL KNOCK DOWN TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES FROM THE STEAMY HIGHS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH NO WHOLE SCALE CHANGES EXPECTED. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...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...AND ARZ069. && 44/56
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
502 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL 2 S RAGTOWN 34.50N 91.10W
07/21/2005 0.75 INCH MONROE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
0440 PM HAIL INDIAN BAY 34.38N 91.07W
07/21/2005 0.88 INCH MONROE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
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22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
930 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG MCCRORY 35.26N 91.20W
07/22/2005 WOODRUFF AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN IN MCCRORY.
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INIGUEZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
956 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0938 PM HAIL SAND HILL 35.00N 91.43W
07/22/2005 0.75 INCH PRAIRIE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
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INIGUEZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1032 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 ARZ044-230430- PULASKI- 1032 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 AT 1025 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING PULASKI COUNTY FROM THE NORTHEAST. THE STORMS BEGAN OVER NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS EARLIER TONIGHT...AND HAVE PROGRESSED SOUTHWESTWARD DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. WHILE THESE STORMS PRODUCED SOME WIND DAMAGE EARLIER TONIGHT...THEY HAVE WEAKENED SOMEWHAT SINCE 10 PM. HOWEVER...WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH ACROSS THE COUNTY. 22
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1044 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM TSTM WND DMG LONOKE 34.79N 91.90W
07/22/2005 LONOKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN CITY OF LONOKE.
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INIGUEZThe Little Rock radar (KLZK), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds, estimated at around 100 mph, caused damage to an irrigation system. Several sections of a center pivot were blown over and some wooden pallets were tossed into an open field.
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