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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 4, 2:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 342 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT IS LOCATED THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH. UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. ADEQUATE SURFACE MOISTURE CONTINUES OVER THE AREA AS WELL. WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FOR MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND CONFINE THE AREA TO THE SOUTH FOR SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT COOL MUCH BEHIND THE FRONT. MAXES IN THE 90S WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IT APPEARS THAT A BIT OF A PATTERN SHIFT WILL BE UNDERWAY DURING THE EXTENDED TERM AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN PERSISTENT ACROSS THE AREA RETROGRADES TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...WHILE A LONGWAVE TROUGH TRIES TO ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE EAST COAST BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL PUT ARKANSAS INTO A NWLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN. AT THE SURFACE...THE MODELS ARE TRYING TO BRING A COLD FRONT INTO SRN MO/NRN AR BY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. MODELS ARE MOVING THE FRONT VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AS THEY HAVE WITH THE LAST FEW SYSTEMS...BUT WITH A PROBABLE NWLY FLOW PATTERN ALOFT THE SFC FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTHWARD A BIT MORE QUICKLY. THE TIMING OF THE FRONT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CHANGE AS THE EVENT GETS CLOSER...BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SETUP FOR TSTMS SOMETIME LATE NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 75 96 72 96 / 20 20 20 20 HARRISON AR 68 93 67 95 / 30 20 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 75 96 73 96 / 30 20 20 20 PINE BLUFF AR 73 96 73 97 / 20 20 20 20 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 67 93 69 94 / 30 10 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 74 98 74 98 / 20 20 20 20 SEARCY AR 71 95 72 96 / 30 10 10 20 MOUNT IDA AR 75 96 72 96 / 30 20 20 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 72 94 70 96 / 30 20 10 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM...53
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-051000- 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- 300 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS DRIFTED FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO THE CENTRAL SECTION OF THE STATE. IT WILL CONTINUE TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOST CONCENTRATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ISOLATED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. ALSO...THERE WILL BE A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF HAVING A FEW STORMS THAT PRODUCE HAIL. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE SLOWLY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH IN SOME AREAS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE REGION. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WITH DRY CONDITIONS IN MOST AREAS. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL HAVE MOVED FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. IT APPEARS THAT CHRIS WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY STRENGTHENING...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OF ARKANSAS WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT. VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 32
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
242 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 WNW BENTON 34.61N 92.71W
08/04/2006 SALINE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON HWY 5 NEAR THE ALUM FORK BRIDGE.
&&
106PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
242 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM TSTM WND DMG 11 WNW BENTON 34.61N 92.71W
08/04/2006 SALINE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON HWY 5 NEAR THE ALUM FORK BRIDGE.
&&
106PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
342 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM HAIL 2 N HUNT 35.56N 93.67W
08/04/2006 E1.00 INCH JOHNSON AR EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE COMMUNITYOF BATSON NORTH OF
HUNT.
&&
106PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
408 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM HAIL 2 W MAYFLOWER 34.97N 92.45W
08/04/2006 E0.75 INCH FAULKNER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL 2 W OF MAYFLOWER.
&&
106PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
417 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG REDFIELD 34.44N 92.18W
08/04/2006 JEFFERSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SMALL TREES DOWN IN REDFIELD. TWO 4 FOOT BY 8 FOOT
PORTABLE FLASHING SIGNS BLOWN INTO ROADWAY.
&&
106PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
454 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG ENGLAND 34.54N 91.97W
08/04/2006 LONOKE AR PUBLIC
LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN ENGLAND
&&
106The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Ham radio operator reported a wind gust to 60 mph at exit 108 along Interstate 40.
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