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 Apr 29, 5:51 PM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 651 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 .AVIATION... MVFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THIS EVENING WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE. THIS LINE SHOULD BE IN FAR EASTERN ARKANSAS BY MIDNIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 06Z. SOME PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED FOR THE MORNING HOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 3 MILES. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE SUNDAY EXCEPT IN THE NORTH. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 208 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006/ DISCUSSION... A RATHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE IN OUR VICINITY...AND THE GULF OF MEXICO IS WIDE OPEN...THEREFORE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY BEYOND.(38) && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM SATURDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004-ARZ005- ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ012-ARZ013-ARZ014-ARZ015-ARZ016-ARZ021-ARZ022- ARZ023-ARZ024-ARZ025-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-ARZ069. && AVIATION...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 800 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301000- 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- 800 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THIS LINE OF PRECIPITATION WILL REACH FAR EASTERN ARKANSAS BY MIDNIGHT. CHANCES FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER ARE LOW. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE HOWEVER. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 3/4 INCH TO 2 INCHES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN ARKANSAS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND MAY CONTINUE ON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AFTER THAT...THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 51
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:23 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains produced flash flooding at Searcy. Numerous roads throughout the city were flooded and impassible for several hours before the high water receded.
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