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 23, 5:56 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 656 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 .UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BREAKING OVER WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. RAINFALL APPROACHING CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT 1200Z. HAVE UPDATED FORECASTS TO INCREASE POPS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE FOR TODAY. ALL UPDATES GONE. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 638 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006/ AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN THE WEST IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE. THESE APPEAR TO BE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND MAY IMPACT KHOT...KHRO AND KLIT DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SO HAVE A FOUR HOUR TEMPO PERIOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT THOSE SITES. KPBF AND KLLQ MAY BE AFFECTED THIS AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR IN THE NORTH MAY KEEP KBPK FROM BEING AFFECTED SO NO THUNDER WAS FORECAST THERE. IFR VISIBILITIES IN FOG AT KHRO AND KBPK THIS MORNING SHOULD LIFT BY 14Z. SOME MVFR VISIBILITIES IN FOG AND HAZE COULD OCCUR ELSEWHERE THROUGH 14Z. OTHERWISE SHOULD SEE CU AT 4000 FT AFTER 16Z THROUGH ABOUT 00Z. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 418 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDED OVER ALL BUT PARTS OF THE WEST DURING THE NIGHT. BEFORE DAWN...A BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN PERRY COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FIRED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY MOVED LITTLE OVERNIGHT...AND SOME PARTS OF YELL COUNTY GOT SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL YELL COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT SUNRISE. REMNANTS OF FRONT APPEAR TO EXTEND ALONG THE ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA BORDER NORTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. GFS INDICATING AN H5 SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT TODAY. THIS WILL PUT THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. HAVE GONE WITH HIGH CHANCE IN THOSE AREAS FOR TODAY...THEN TAPERED THEM OFF NORTHEASTWARD. LEFT EXTREME NORTHEAST DRY FOR TODAY. WILL CONTINUE SMALL POPS FOR TONIGHT IN THE EXTREME WEST AND SOUTHWEST WITH FRONT IN THE AREA. THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MAINLY DRY EXCEPT FOR SMALL CHANCES IN THE EXTREME SOUTH AND EXTREME WEST. MOISTURE BEGINS TO MOVE BACK NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE STATE BY FRIDAY AS H5 SHORT WAVES ROTATE AROUND UPPER HIGH. HAVE SMALL POPS IN FOR FRIDAY IN MOST SECTIONS AS MOISTURE INCREASES. CONTINUE SMALL POPS INTO SATURDAY AS NEXT COLD FRONT BEGINS TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE IN THE SHORT TERM. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO WARM BACK UP. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WEAK RIDGING ALOFT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE MAIN CENTER TO THE EAST. A FRONTAL SYSTEM TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA SATURDAY WILL TRY TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BUT WILL NOT MAKE MUCH PROGRESS DUE TO THE RIDGING ALOFT. INDICATIONS ARE THE FRONT MAY REACH NORTHERN SECTIONS AND BECOME STATIONARY. IT MAY END UP EVOLVING INTO A SERIES OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH COULD MOVE ANYWHERE. MOISTURE WILL BE HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LIGHT SOUTH WINDS AT LOW LEVELS. WILL NEED SOME MENTION OF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT THIS JUNCTURE...20 TO 30 PERCENT POPS LOOK BEST. TEMPS SHOULD NOT CHANGE MUCH WITH MINS A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST AREAS AND MAXES CLOSE TO NORMAL. 22 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000- 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 WED AUG 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONCE AGAIN...A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN WESTERN ARKANSAS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT. AREAS UNDER THE STRONGEST PARTS OF THESE STORMS WILL GET VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH OVER 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR POSSIBLE. THIS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS COULD CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE STATE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH OLD FRONTAL SYSTEMS OR ASSOCIATED BOUNDARIES. ISOLATED STORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS OR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. .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. 29
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:47 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains flooded several streets in Ola. The high water reached depths of about 2 feet on a few streets, especially on Old Highway 10.
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