1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 3:45 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 445 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MCS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. MCS INCREASED IN SIZE AND MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. FAIRLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF WALDRON TO RUSSELLVILLE TO BATESVILLE LINE AS OF 0900Z. SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING. HAVE UNQUALIFIED POPS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS THIS MORNING TAPERING DOWN TO CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST. THEN...BASICALLY CHANCE POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ARKANSAS WILL BE UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT DURING THE SHORT TERM. ADDITIONAL H5 SHORTWAVES WILL PERIODICALLY AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. HAVE GONE WITH SMALL POPS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS MODEL TIMING ON RAINFALL DEVELOPMENT SOMEWHAT IFFY. ADDITIONAL MCS DEVELOPMENT MAY BE POSSIBLE DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS OVER THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY DANGEROUS NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD ALTHOUGH IT MAY FLATTEN OUT TOWARD THE END. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL LIKELY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. TIMING OF THESE VERY DIFFICULT THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. KEPT THURSDAY NIGHT DRY FOR NOW AS GFS SHOWS DRY AIR IN PLACE BUT PUT IN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN ALL REMAINING PERIODS. IF GFS PATTERN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT MATERIALIZES...WILL NEED MUCH HIGHER POPS AS A WARM FRONT MOVES IN ALONG WITH A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER TROF FROM THE WEST BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS NOT THAT HIGH AT THIS TIME. SURFACE PATTERN SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH MAINLY IN CONTROL SO THAT WOULD MEAN SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE GRIDS SO LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO TEMP AND DEW POINT GRIDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 89 64 85 62 / 60 30 20 20 HARRISON AR 79 61 82 58 / 80 30 20 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 91 65 86 62 / 50 30 20 20 PINE BLUFF AR 90 65 86 62 / 40 30 20 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 78 61 82 58 / 80 20 20 20 MONTICELLO AR 91 65 87 63 / 40 30 20 20 SEARCY AR 87 62 84 61 / 60 20 20 20 MOUNT IDA AR 91 66 86 62 / 50 20 20 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 87 64 84 61 / 70 30 20 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...22 / LONG TERM....29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000- 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- 500 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING. NEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE REMNANTS OF THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS WHICH COULD MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS PARTS OF THE STATE. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER ARKANSAS WITH SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL LOWS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS COULD SET OFF A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF ARKANSAS. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ANYWHERE TODAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY TONIGHT. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 29
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:38 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a large tree, causing it to fall onto the roof of a nearby house. Only minor damage occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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