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 25, 2:59 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 359 AM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY POPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SLOW MOVING FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE THE MAIN CHALLENGE...FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY TEMPS IN LIGHT OF ALL THE CLOUDS AND RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA. EVEN WITH A WIND SHIFT AT THE OFFICE...WE ARE STILL IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE APPROACHING LOW WITH ITS ACCOMPANYING FRONTS. THE GFS IS A BIT FAST AT PUSHING THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA...SO KEPT POPS LONGER IN THE FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS. NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD GIVE A PUSH TO THE SURFACE FEATURES SO THAT CLOUDS AND RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY WED MORNING. RIDGE WILL SLIDE IN FROM THE NORTH WITH DRY AIR...SO FORECAST WILL BE DRY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE NEXT SLUG OF MOISTURE SLIDES EAST IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SURFACE LOW AND FRONT. HIGH TEMPS WILL START OUT WITH A STEEP GRADIENT FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST... THEN HIGHS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL FOR WEDNESDAY AS PRECIP ENDS AND CAA TAKES PLACES WITH SURFACE RIDGE. HIGHS WILL WARM GRADUALLY EACH DAY WHILE KEEPING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. LOWS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL AS WELL. && .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOR BULK OF LONG TERM...DATA INDICATING LOW CLOSING OFF OVER THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COUNTRY. LOOKS LIKE GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS AND AT/BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. APPEARS THAT LOW WILL FINALLY EXIT THE REGION INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD MONDAY...WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP AND WARMER WEATHER RETURNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 79 53 64 45 / 70 30 0 0 HARRISON AR 66 44 60 41 / 60 10 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 74 50 64 46 / 60 20 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 80 54 65 47 / 80 40 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 69 45 60 41 / 60 10 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 83 56 66 47 / 80 50 0 0 SEARCY AR 79 51 63 45 / 70 20 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 73 49 64 45 / 60 20 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 73 49 63 44 / 60 10 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...32 / LONG TERM...46
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 Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a chicken house and started a fire. The chicken house was destroyed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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