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 Jul 27, 5:47 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 647 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 .AVIATION... UPR LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED INVOF THE ARKLATEX MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. THIS WILL PUSH PRECIP INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS BY MIDNIGHT...WITH CIGS LOWERING TO AROUND IFR. REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE CONDS GO BETWEEN IFR AND MVFR THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. VISBYS WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON PRECIP INTENSITY. GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL BE SRN- CNTRL AR THRU ABOUT 06Z AND CNTRL-NRN AR AFT 06Z. TAFS ALREADY OUT. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 300 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006/ DISCUSSION... WEAKENING LOW WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT AS IT KEEPS FILLING AND GETTING PICKED UP BY THE TROF DROPPING INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. DEEP MOISTURE AND NOCTURNAL TENDENCY OF TROPICAL CONVECTION WILL KEEP UP THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH QPF VALUES WILL BE HIGH FOR DAY ONE...THE GROUND HAS BEEN STARVED OF MOISTURE FOR A LONG TIME SO THAT NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED. MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS WITH THE CONVECTION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY IN LIGHT OF HAVING HAD GUSTY WINDS ALREADY EVEN WHERE LIGHTNING WAS LACKING. THE HIGHER POPS WILL SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES AWAY AND REMNANTS OF SURFACE FRONT DROP SOUTH FROM MISSOURI. RAINS SHOULD BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ON SATURDAY AS DRIER AIR SLIDES IN FROM THE WEST WITH LEESIDE TROF GATHERING STRENGTH ALL ALONG THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL TAKE OVER FOR THE WORK WEEK. LOWS WILL BE PROPPED UP BY THE HIGH DEW POINTS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN THEY WILL BE RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 635 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000- 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- 635 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WAS OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN SURROUNDED THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. OVERNIGHT...AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS...OR IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF MENA...MORRILTON AND BATESVILLE. WITH WARM TEMPERATURES TO FUEL THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE SOUTHEAST OF BRINKLEY AND CAMDEN. AFTER MIDNIGHT...IT APPEARS THAT RAIN WILL TRANSLATE INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TOWARD JASPER AND HARRISON. WITH A MOIST ATMOSPHERE...HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THE STORM SYSTEM IN ARKANSAS IS FORECAST TO SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION STARTING THIS WEEKEND...RESULTING IN DECREASING RAIN CHANCES AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WITH ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
914 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE ANTOINE 34.05N 93.40W
07/27/2006 CLARK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER SMYRNA ROAD.
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57The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred at the Davidson Campground where the roadway flooded and visitors had to move to higher ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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