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 14, 9:25 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1025 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 .UPDATE... FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPEARS TO HAVE DRIFTED CLOSER TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MORE CONFINED TO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS AT MID EVENING MONDAY. HAVE LEFT 30 TO 40 PERCENT POPS OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS FOR OVERNIGHT...AND 20 PERCENT OVER THE SOUTH. REST OF PREVIOUS FORECAST OKAY. ALL UPDATES GONE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 627 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 AVIATION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. SOME PATCHY FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBITY TO AROUND 4 MILES FROM 09-14Z.(38) PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 251 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD THROUGH ARKANSAS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FRONT ALREADY IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE... WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING NORTH AND WEST OF MENA...CONWAY AND NEWPORT. PLACEMENT OF PRECIPITATION WILL NOT CHANGE ALL THAT MUCH OVERNIGHT...WITH HIGHEST POPS IN NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. SOME SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING...AGAIN IN AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK. WITH A LOT OF HEAT AT THE SURFACE TO ENHANCE DOWNBURSTS...WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN. ON TUESDAY...FAIRLY QUIET IN THE MORNING AFTER OVERNIGHT CONVECTION SETTLES DOWN. MODELS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS REVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE CLOSE TO NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY. BY WEDNESDAY...ANY STORMS WILL BE FOUND IN THE SOUTHWEST...AND THEY WILL BE ISOLATED. MOSTLY DRY ELSEWHERE. SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT DURING THE SHORT TERM...BUT WOULD STILL CALL IT HOT DURING THE AFTERNOON. MAIN COOLING WILL BE AT NIGHT WITH FAIRLY LOW DEWPOINTS IN PLACE. BY THE END OF THE SHORT TERM...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REASSERT ITSELF OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES. DRY/WARMER WEATHER IN THE FORECAST ON THURSDAY. (46) LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE PERIOD. INITIALLY...THIS WILL KEEP A FRONT OUT IN THE PLAINS FROM MAKING ANY HEADWAY TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. BY SATURDAY OR SUNDAY...RIDGE MAY CONTRACT TOWARD THE WEST...ALLOWING THIS WEAK FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY. THUS...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS WILL END THE LONG TERM. KEPT SMALL POPS IN THE FORECAST DURING MUCH OF THE PERIOD. (57) && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 810 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000- 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- 810 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. 38/22
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
458 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG WIDEMAN 36.19N 92.01W
08/14/2006 IZARD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0405 PM HAIL MELBOURNE 36.06N 91.90W
08/14/2006 E1.00 INCH IZARD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
0416 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE SAINT JOE 36.00N 92.76W
08/14/2006 SEARCY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG MARSHALL 35.91N 92.64W
08/14/2006 SEARCY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME.
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG BULL SHOALS 36.38N 92.59W
08/14/2006 MARION AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
502 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL LAKEVIEW 36.37N 92.55W
08/14/2006 E0.75 INCH BAXTER AR PUBLIC
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
518 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG CALAMINE 36.01N 91.40W
08/14/2006 SHARP AR TRAINED SPOTTER
SIDING BLOWN OFF OF MOBILE HOME BY STRONG WINDS.
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
732 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E NIMROD 34.95N 93.01W
08/14/2006 PERRY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 60
&&
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
940 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TSTM WND DMG ROLAND 34.90N 92.48W
08/14/2006 PULASKI AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE FELL ON A HOUSE.
0805 PM LIGHTNING MAUMELLE 34.85N 92.41W
08/14/2006 PULASKI AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE IN MAUMELLE.
&&
22The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a house and also downed some large tree limbs.
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