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 Aug 10, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH ARKANSAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS. COLD FRONT IS LOCATED NEAR THE ARKANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER AND MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. PRECIPITATION AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH. MOST PRECIP WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ON FRIDAY...SLOWLY. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN FOR MOST AREAS. ISSUED HEAT ADVISORY FOR SOUTH OF LITTLE ROCK FOR FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES AHEAD OF THE FRONT REACHING 105 TO 110 DEGREES. WILL KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...ALLOWING FOR A COLD FRONT TO APPROACH NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON TUESDAY. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...BEFORE PARKING ITSELF OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. LOOKING AT WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THROUGHOUT PERIOD WITH THE PASSING OF THIS FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 78 98 71 93 / 20 40 40 30 HARRISON AR 74 92 68 90 / 20 40 30 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 78 99 71 94 / 10 40 40 30 PINE BLUFF AR 78 99 72 94 / 20 30 30 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 74 92 68 90 / 20 40 30 20 MONTICELLO AR 78 100 74 94 / 20 30 30 30 SEARCY AR 77 96 70 92 / 20 40 40 30 MOUNT IDA AR 78 99 71 94 / 10 40 40 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 76 97 70 92 / 20 40 40 30 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR 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. HEAT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ052-ARZ053- ARZ054-ARZ055-ARZ056-ARZ057-ARZ062-ARZ063-ARZ064-ARZ065-ARZ066- ARZ067-ARZ068-ARZ069. && SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM...55/219
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 352 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111000- 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- 352 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE BEING NOTED THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN PLACE...HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. FOR THIS REASON...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE TO CLINTON TO BATESVILLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE...WHICH HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOT WEATHER DURING THE LAST WEEK OR SO...WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND OUT OF ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN MISSOURI TO MOVE DOWN INTO THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES INTO ARKANSAS. SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG STORMS THAT DEVELOP. STRONG STORMS THAT OCCUR COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF ARKANSAS. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN PLACE...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO REDFIELD TO STUTTGART. THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT NEAR CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY SATURDAY. ONCE AGAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH WIND AND HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THE GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM MENA TO PINE BLUFF...TO BRINKLEY. ON SUNDAY..THE FRONT WILL BEGIN MOVING BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THIS WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING BACK INTO THE REGION. THOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEKEND...AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE PROBABILITY OF ANY ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 38/22
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 250 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ARZ004-005-102045- BAXTER-MARION- 250 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MARION AND BAXTER COUNTIES... AT 245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF YELLVILLE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... FLIPPIN...GASSVILLE...BUFORD...MOUNTAIN HOME AND SALESVILLE. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD HEAD FOR SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
340 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM TSTM WND DMG BRADFORD 35.42N 91.46W
08/10/2006 WHITE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN BRADFORD
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56PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
409 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG DESHA 35.73N 91.68W
08/10/2006 INDEPENDENCE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN DESHA, MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO
TWO HOUSES ALSO REPORTED.
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56PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
442 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM HAIL BRUNO 36.15N 92.77W
08/10/2006 E0.88 INCH MARION AR AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BRUNO.
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56The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down a number of trees and some power lines. Twenty homes in the area received minor damage, four of them by falling trees.
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