1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 645 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW 3 MILES IN FOG ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS OF 1130Z. CEILINGS BELOW 1000 FEET ARE NOT NEARLY AS EXTENSIVE AS EARLIER FORECAST...HOWEVER...AREAS OF CEILINGS BELOW 1000 FEET STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE STATE. CEILINGS AND VISIBILIES SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR BY 1500Z. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME WESTERN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AS OF 1130Z. BUT...SHOWERS AND STORMS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CLOSE TO TAF SITES...SO NONE INCLUDED IN 1200Z TAFS. AFTER 1500Z...EXPECT SCATTERED TO OCCASIONAL BROKEN CLOUDS NEAR 3500 FEET WITH HIGHER CLOUDS ABOVE. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD SEE MOSTLY JUST HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS AFTER 00Z TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 400 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY A RATHER QUIET MORNING THIS MORNING AFTER WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND RAIN ONM WEDNESDAY. A WEAK FRONTAL ZONE REMAINS TO THE SOUTH WHICH WILL LIKELY REMAIN THERE. WEAK SURFACE RIDGING WILL KEEP SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IN PLACE FOR MOST OF THE AREA TODAY INTO FRIDAY. FOG HAS DEVELOPED AT MOST STATIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LOW ENOUGH TO HINDER AVIATION BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR A DENSE FOG ADVISORY BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. DO NOT SEE MUCH CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES IN THE SOUTH AND WEST. WILL HAVE SMALL POPS IN THOSE AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT AND KEEP MENTION OF RAIN OUT FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE AN MCS WILL DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SHOULD STAY WEST OF THE AREA. RETURN FLOW INCREASES ON FRIDAY AS THE SURFACE RIDGING BREAKS DOWN AND THIS WILL BRING A WARM HUMID AIR MASS TO THE ENTIRE AREA. ANY SHORT WAVES OR MCVS THAT CAN REACH THE AREA FRIDAY COULD SET OFF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SO WILL GO WITH SMALL POPS IN ALL AREAS FOR AT LEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE WEEKEND A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO THE PLAINS AND MAY REACH NEAR THE NORTHERN PART OF ARKANSAS. LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT. WARM HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL STAY IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM PEAK HEATING. WENT MAINLY WITH 30 POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD MOSTLY TO BLEND WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. DO NOT SEE PRECIP CHANCES BEING THAT HIGH BUT DEFINITELY ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE FORECAST. TEMPS WILL RUN A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL ON MINS AND CLOSE TO NORMAL ON MAXES. LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM. THINK THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT HAS PLAGUED US FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. SERIES OF WEAK H5 SHORT WAVES COUPLED WITH FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD WILL BRING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST AREA STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WILL FORECAST ABOUT 30 PERCENT POPS INITIALLY UNTIL FRONT BEGINS TO SLOWLY MOVE IN ON MONDAY. UPPED POPS TO 40 PERCENT FOR MONDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. FRONT WILL TAKE ITS OWN SWEET TIME MAKING IT TO SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS BY TUESDAY EVENING. SYSTEM WILL STILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE AREA...COUPLED WITH CONTINUING SHORT WAVES...TO KEEP SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000- 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 THU AUG 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED JUST OF SOUTH OF ARKANSAS EARLY TODAY. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EXTREME SOUTH AND EXTREME WEST TODAY AND THIS EVENING DUE TO THE CLOSENESS OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR. AREAS OF FOG WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL MID MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE MILE IN A FEW AREAS. DRIVERS TRAVELING EARLY TODAY SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. A CONTINUING SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOWS WILL AFFECT ARKANSAS INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS ON MONDAY...BUT WILL MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THE STATE. THERE WILL BE CONTINUED CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER... ISOLATED STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS OR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .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. 22
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The local observer reported 4.09 inches of rain fell in about two and a half hours.
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