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 Aug 12, 5:37 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 637 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006 .AVIATION... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS ABUNDANT ENOUGH TO ALLOW DENSE FOG TO FORM OVER AREAS WHERE THE SKY HAS CLEARED AND WINDS HAVE GONE CALM. EXPECT WARMING TO TAKE PLACE EARLY THIS MORNING...SO FOG WILL BE SHORT LIVED. SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS STILL IN PLACE ALONG WITH THE INSTABILITY SURROUNDING IT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A TSTORM HERE AND THERE CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN UNDER LIGHT FLOW ALOFT. TERMINAL FORECASTS IN THE SOUTH WILL KEEP SHOWERS OR STORMS IN THE VICINITY. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 400 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EFFECTIVE FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA AND MAY HOLD IN THAT AREA THROUGH TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COVERED THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN IN LINCOLN COUTNY AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN DESHA COUNTIES. NEW HEAVY ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED IN LINCOLN COUNTY PROMPTING ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED IN OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THE ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHEAST SHOULD DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING BUT NEW DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON WITH THE SOUTH MOST FAVORED WHERE THE BOUNDARIES WILL BE LOCATED. WENT WITH 50 PERCENT POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR TODAY BASED ON THE ONGOING ACTIVITY THERE AND POPS DECREASE TO 20 ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS AND LEFT MENTION OF RAIN OUT OF THE NORTH. CLOUDS AND EASTERLY WIND COMPONENT SHOULD KEEP MAXES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. THE PATTERN SHOULD CHANGE LITTLE TONIGHT WITH BOUNDARIES REMAINING IN THE SOUTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SHOW A DIURNAL DECREASE AND LOWERED POPS FOR TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF. ON SUNDAY...WHAT IS LEFT OF A WEAK FRONT WILL DRIFT BACK TO THE NORTH AND DEEPER MOISTURE WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THIS ALONG WITH THE UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. MAXES MAY MOVE UP A LITTLE WITH MOST AREAS IN THE LOWER 90S. ON MONDAY A NEW COLD FRONT MOVES DOWN THE PLAINS TOWARD THE AREA. RETURN FLOW SETS UP WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO WARMER MAXES WITH MID 90S TO NEAR 100. MODEST MOISTURE REMAINS AND THIS ALONG WITH INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN SMALL POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH WITH NO SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARIES OR SHORT WAVES INDICATED. THE FRONT WILL LIE NEAR THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ARKANSAS BY TUESDAY. ITS MOVEMENT AFTER THIS IS UNCERTAIN WITH MODELS SHOWING DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. FOR NOW WILL FORECAST THE FRONT HANGING AROUND NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND WILL HAVE CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA WITH SMALL POPS TO THE SOUTH. LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE OVER MISSOURI WILL KEEP PUSHING A BAND OF MOISTURE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FROM 00Z WED THROUGH 06Z THU. THERE WILL BE WEAK LIFT WITH THIS FEATURE...SO ONLY MINOR POPS IN THE 20 PERCENT RANGE WILL BE INCLUDED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DRYING OUT THE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST AND EXPAND FROM THE GREAT LAKES TOWARD NORTHEAST TEXAS...KEEPING GULF MOISTURE AT BAY. UPPER LEVEL FEATURES WILL NOT BE NOTICEABLE IN THE LONG TERM SINCE THE PERIOD WILL BE PUNCTUATED BY STRONG RIDGE. TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MODERATE SOMEWHAT...ESPECIALLY BY THE END OF THE LONG TERM WHEN TEMPS WILL BE TRENDING LOWER TOWARD THE NORMALS. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-131000- 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 SAT AUG 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED INSTANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF THE STATE ON ACCOUNT OF STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OR HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COMBINATION OF HIGH HUMIDITY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRODUCING HEAT STRESS...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF ARKANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE REACHING AT OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...SO HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 32
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:52 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused some localized flash flooding to occur just west of Star City. High water covered the roadway at the intersection of State Highway 212 and County Road 12.
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