Locally heavy rainfall produced minor flooding over portions of Northern Arkansas early on 12/1.
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Locally heavy rainfall produced minor flooding over portions of Northern Arkansas early on 12/1.
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 Dec 1, 5:49 AM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 549 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 .AVIATION... SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW BACK EDGE OF CLOUDS MOVING RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS. AT THE CURRENT SPEED CEILINGS SHOULD BE SCATTERING OUT BY 15Z. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z TODAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND TURN MORE NORTHWESTERLY. THE WIND EQUIPMENT AT KHRO HAS FROZEN...SO THE CALM WINDS ARE NOT RELIABLE...BUT WILL USE THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN AND SURROUNDING STATIONS TO FORECAST THE WIND THERE. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 450 AM CST FRI DEC 01 2006/ UPDATED... OVERALL POTENTIAL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW OVER THE WARNING & ADVISORY AREAS HAS LOWERED SIGNIFICANTLY...& THE WARNING & ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED AT 500 AM CST. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL NOON CST. LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON PM FRIDAY PARTS OF CENTRAL TO NORTH AR. 59 PREV DISCUSSION.../300 AM CST FRI DEC 01 2006/ DISCUSSION... THE SURFACE LOW WAS OVER CENTRAL KY & CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST...WHILE THE UPPER LOW WAS OVER SOUTHERN MO...& LIFTING TO THE NE. THE DRY SLOT HAD WORKED ITS WAY ACROSS AR...& THE ONLY REMAIN PRECIP WAS OVER FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. KSGF 88D HAD A ROTATING PATTERN CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF MO...WITH SOME OF THE LIGHT PRECIP BANDING OVER FAR N AR ALONG THE STATELINE. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WERE BEING REPORT OVER THE NORTHERN AR. THE MAIN DEFORMATION ZONE FROM THE UPPER LOW WILL KEEP SOME SNOW OVER CENTRAL & NORTHERN PARTS OF MO...WITH A BIT LIGHTER BACK TO SOUTH-CENTRAL PARTS BEFORE IT LIFTS OUT OF THE AREA. THE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END TOWARD FRIDAY SUNRISE OVER NORTHERN AR PARTS AS THE LOW LIFTS NE. OTHERWISE...VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO AR OVERNIGHT & ON FRIDAY. WINDS WERE ALSO UP & WILL HAVE TO ISSUED LAKE WIND ADVISORY OR WIND ADVISORY. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW OR JUST FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF AR THIS MORNING...AS THE SURFACE & UPPER LOWS CONTINUE TO MOVE NE. THE DRY SLOT WILL COVER MOST OF THE STATE...EXCEPT THE FAR SOUTHERN END OF THE UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE COULD STILL BRING LIGHT PRECIP TO THE FAR NORTHERN AR COUNTIES. WILL KEEP LIGHT SNOW IN THE FORECAST THIS MORNING FOR THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES...WHILE ENDING THINGS OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. DUE TO LATE NIGHT & EARLY MORNING CONDITIONS...WILL HOLD WARNING IN FAR NW AREAS & ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM. THEN TRENDS WOULD PROMPT TO LOWER TO JUST AN ADVISORY OR CANCEL THE WINTER STORM WARNING IN THE NORTHWEST...WHILE JUST ENDING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AT 6 AM. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL BE UP TODAY...& A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST PARTS OF AR. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN QUICKLY OVER THE AREA...& WINDS WILL DROP BY AROUND NOON BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY. THE SURFACE RIDGE EXPANDS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BRINING VERY COLD TEMPS & MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR DOES FILTER THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY. HIGHS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 40S...WHILE LOWS IN THE 20S. LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BEGIN WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW...THEN SHIFT TO ZONAL FROM 12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH 00Z FRI. NEXT...AN UPPER TROF WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AFTER 00Z FRIDAY. THE SURFACE PATTERN WILL BEGIN RATHER DRY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A SURFACE RIDGE. A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY. THEN...A RATHER WEAK BOUNDARY WILL DROP SOUTH AS A LARGE RIDGE MOVES FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE GREAT LAKES AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. GFS IS A BIT SLOWER IN STARTING PRECIPITATION OVER THE FORECAST AREA WHEN COMPARED TO THE DGEX...SO WILL BEGIN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ABOUT 6 HOURS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND AIRMASS WILL BE RATHER STABLE...SO WILL MENTION ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THEIR BELOW NORMAL TREND AT THE START...AND THEY WILL END CLOSER TO NORMAL. LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004-ARZ012. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY FOR ARZ005-ARZ006- ARZ007-ARZ013-ARZ014-ARZ015-ARZ021-ARZ022-ARZ023. LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON PM FRIDAY PARTS OF CENTRAL TO NORTH AR. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004-ARZ005- ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ012-ARZ013-ARZ014-ARZ015-ARZ016-ARZ021-ARZ022- ARZ023-ARZ024-ARZ025-ARZ030-ARZ031-ARZ032-ARZ033-ARZ034-ARZ038- ARZ039-ARZ043-ARZ044-ARZ045-ARZ046-ARZ047. && AVIATION...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021100- 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 CST FRI DEC 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG...SURFACE LOW WILL KEEP GUSTY...WEST WINDS BLOWING ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH MID DAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON... WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN STRENGTH AND BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH NOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 32
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains produced some localized flooding on several county roads in and around the Mountain Home area. The roads were closed for a short period of time until the water receded.
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