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 Jul 21, 4:45 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 545 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION IS MOSTLY THE RESULT OF BOUNDARIES FROM DISSIPATING MCS TO THE NORTH INTERACTING WITH DEVLOPING CU IN VERY HOT ENVIRONMENT. STORMS HAVE TENDED TO DEVELOP QUICKLY...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. RAPID COOLING ALOFT HAS LED TO SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL ON A 100 PLUS DEGREE DAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT IN MISSOURI PUSHES INTO ARKANSAS. HIGHEST POPS IN NORTHERN HALF OF STATE...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY...FRONT WILL CONTINUE HEADING THROUGH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY THIN OUT DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE REGION WITH THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH COOLER AIR TO FOLLOW. REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM LOOKS DRY WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL. (46) && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA TO BEGIN THE PERIOD BUT WILL MOVE EAST. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 74 87 67 89 / 50 30 20 0 HARRISON AR 65 82 61 85 / 50 10 10 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 72 88 65 89 / 50 30 10 0 PINE BLUFF AR 74 87 67 88 / 30 30 20 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 65 84 63 87 / 50 10 10 0 MONTICELLO AR 75 91 67 90 / 30 30 20 0 SEARCY AR 71 86 65 87 / 50 20 10 0 MOUNT IDA AR 69 87 60 89 / 50 20 10 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 72 85 63 86 / 50 20 10 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ014-ARZ015- ARZ016-ARZ021-ARZ022-ARZ023-ARZ024-ARZ025-ARZ030-ARZ031-ARZ032- ARZ033-ARZ034-ARZ037-ARZ038-ARZ039-ARZ040-ARZ041-ARZ042-ARZ043- ARZ044-ARZ045-ARZ046-ARZ047-ARZ052-ARZ053-ARZ054-ARZ055-ARZ056- ARZ057-ARZ062-ARZ063-ARZ064-ARZ065-ARZ066-ARZ067-ARZ068-ARZ069. && SHORT TERM...46 / LONG TERM...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1230 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000- 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- 1230 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 90S TO OVER 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE STATE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE 105 OR HIGHER IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...WHERE A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAT. THE HIGH WILL MOVE WESTWARD TODAY...WHICH WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTH. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT WAS IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE FRONT WILL HEAD INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS BY THIS EVENING...WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT...MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY THIN OUT DURING THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY. AGAIN...THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. BEHIND THE FRONT...COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL. MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...AND ON SATURDAY OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 46
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
436 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0243 PM TSTM WND GST OIL TROUGH 35.63N 91.46W
07/21/2006 M62.00 MPH INDEPENDENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
0243 PM TSTM WND DMG OIL TROUGH 35.63N 91.46W
07/21/2006 INDEPENDENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN. BUILDING DAMAGE.
0259 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 PULASKI AR PUBLIC
RODNEY PARHAM AND SHACKLEFORD. WIFE OF NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED LIMBS DOWN.
0302 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 PULASKI AR PUBLIC
TAYLOR LOOP AND SHEPARD. CONSTRUCTION SIGNS AND STREET
SIGNS DOWN. TREE LIMBS DOWN.
0302 PM HAIL DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 E0.88 INCH PULASKI AR PUBLIC
TAYLOR LOOP AND SHEPARD.
0313 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 34.73N 92.23W
07/21/2006 PULASKI AR PUBLIC
ROOF OF REGIONS BANK IN ROAD ON RODNEY PARHAM. LITTLE
ROCK TIAKWANDO SIGN IN ROAD. SIGNS DOWN.
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG NEWPORT 35.63N 91.24W
07/21/2006 JACKSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMIT ON HWY 18.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 NE GASSVILLE 36.37N 92.38W
07/21/2006 BAXTER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 E OF MOUNTAIN HOME. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
&&
219PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
457 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE GASSVILLE 36.34N 92.42W
07/21/2006 BAXTER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
MOUNTAIN HOME. CAMPING TRAILER OVERTURNED.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE GASSVILLE 36.34N 92.42W
07/21/2006 BAXTER AR NWS EMPLOYEE
MOUNTAIN HOME. TREES BLOCKING HWY 62. ROAD CLOSED.
&&
219The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs, with an antenna blown off of a house just north of Center Ridge.
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