1 lightning, 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 Apr 24, 7:05 PM CST, 7 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 805 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006 .UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS FROM AFTERNOON MCS HAVE DISSIPATED. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SHOWS UP TO THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 245. THUS HAVE CLEARED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 245 FOR THIS CWA. ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPS AND DEW POINTS TO FIT OBSERVED DATA. AIR IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS WAS WORKED OVER BY MCS AND HAS SHOWN LITTLE RECOVERY SO FAR. MAY SEE SOME RECOVERY OF TEMPS AND DEW POINTS THIS EVENING BUT DO NOT EXPECT A LOT. ALSO LOWERED POPS FOR THIS EVENING BUT GRADUALLY BROUGHT POPS UP TO EARLIER FORECAST VALUES FOR LATE TONIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. NOT TOO SURE ABOUT SEVERE THREAT WITH LATER ACTIVITY AS AVAILABLE INSTABILITY IN THE NORTH WILL BE LIMITED AND MODELS ALSO SHOWED LESS INSTABILITY IN THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. CERTAINLY COULD HAVE SOME SEVERE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THE ACTIVITY TO THE WEST MOVES IN BUT LOOKS LIKE THREAT IS LOW ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERE WORDING FROM ZONES. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SEVERE IN HWO. UPDATE WILL BE SENT TO DROP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND WITH THE OTHER CHANGES MADE TO TEMPS AND POPS. && 29 .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 352 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006 .SHORT TERM....TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY DATA FROM LOCAL RADARS...AS WELL AS SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO INIDCATE THE PROGRESSION OF AN MCS...NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS FEATURE SHOULD REACH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY EVENING...BEFORE WEAKENING. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PROFILES SUGGEST LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT...AS A LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA ACCELERATES TO THE SOUTHEAST. SOME POST FRONTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...PER FORECAST ISENTROPIC FIELDS. COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE TUESDAY. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE 8 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL VALUES. && .LONG TERM....THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SYNOPTIC SCALE WITH DIFFERENCES IN BOTH TIMING AND STRENGTH IN THE FINER DETAILS. PATTERN REMAINS SOMEWHAT BLOCKY IN NATURE WITH WEAKENING UPPER LOW REMAINING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THE MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD AND SEMI PERMANENT NORTHEAST CONUS TROFFING. GFS AND ECMWF IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING SHORT WAVE ENERGY INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST EARLY IN THE PERIOD BUT NOT NEARLY TO THE EXTENT THEY WERE THIS TIME YESTERDAY. WILL CONTINUE THE PREVIOUS THINKING OF BLENDING THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS THIS TIME AROUND. PERIOD INITIATES WITH LARGE SURFACE HIGH DOMINATING FRIDAY. OVERALL FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE THE AREA WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR LATE APRIL. SHORT WAVE ENERGY DROPS DOWN FROM THE NORTH INTO THE UPPER MID WEST AND WHILE FORMING JUST A WEAK CLOSED LOW...WILL EFFECTIVELY KEEP RELOADING THE NORTHEAST CONUS TROF. SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS INITIATES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE FRIDAY RESULT WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING OUT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPING LOW AND CUT OFF UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FRIDAY NIGHT...AIDED BY A SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AS NUMEROUS PIECES OF ENERGY ROTATE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. WILL END PRECIP CHANCES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EARLY SUNDAY AS SYSTEM PULLS OUT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO MOVE IN DAY SEVEN. AREA IS IN NORTHWEST FLOW DURING PERIOD ALTHOUGH IT DOES FLATTEN OUT SOMEWHAT LATE. NOT SEEING ANY REAL WARM UP IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE CLOSE TO NORMAL THE ENTIRE PERIOD OR EVEN A TAD BELOW...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. MEX NUMBERS LOOK REASONABLE AND WILL BE FOLLOWED FAIRLY CLOSELY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 67 79 53 69 / 70 80 30 0 HARRISON AR 62 66 44 65 / 50 50 10 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 67 74 50 69 / 70 70 20 0 PINE BLUFF AR 66 81 54 70 / 80 80 40 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 63 69 45 65 / 50 50 10 0 MONTICELLO AR 67 83 56 71 / 90 80 50 0 SEARCY AR 67 79 51 68 / 70 70 20 0 MOUNT IDA AR 66 72 49 69 / 70 60 20 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 66 74 50 68 / 70 60 10 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 55/56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 827 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000- 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- 827 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DISSIPATED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM MENA TO LITTLE ROCK TO AUGUSTA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE AIR IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS HAS STABILIZED FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE AIR MAY DESTABILIZE SOME TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SOME LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DECREASE WITH TIME LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS ARKANSAS TO THE SOUTHEAST SLOWLY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM CAMDEN TO LITTLE ROCK TO NEWPORT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE COULD BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AGAIN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT AND IN ABOUT THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 29
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:46 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house northwest of Little Rock and started a fire. Only minor roof damage resulted from the fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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