On the 1st, a cold front moved through the state bringing heavy rain and a few thunderstorms to the area.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
On the 1st, a cold front moved through the state bringing heavy rain and a few thunderstorms to the area.
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 Sep 30, 11:45 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1245 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2007 .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE WEST MAY PERSIST LONG ENOUGH TO AFFECT THE HOT SPRINGS TERMINAL AS WELL. REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE SCATTERED TO BROKEN STRATOCU... WITH POSSIBLE PATCHY FOG. FRONTAL BOUNDARY ANALYZED FROM NEAR HARRISON TO FORT SMITH AT 05Z. FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK TO THE NORTH LATE TODAY. THOUGH SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES WILL BE NOTED AT THE REMAINING TERMINALS DURING THE DAY...THEY/RE TOO SMALL TO MENTION IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 648 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007/ AVIATION... LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY CLIP KHRO AND KBPK LATER THIS EVENING AND BRING A PERIOD OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. OTHERWISE SCATTERED TO BROKEN AROUND 4000 TO 5000 FT SHOULD PREDOMINATE WITH OVERCAST AT 3000 TO 4000 FT LATE TONIGHT. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR DURING THE MORNING. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED CU THIS EVENING WILL DISSIPATE BUT COULD BE REPLACED BY MID CLOUD CEILINGS BY 04Z. LOWER CEILINGS DOWN TO 4000 FT POSSIBLE TOWARD SUNRISE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PLAINS OR THEIR REMNANTS COULD REACH AS FAR AS KHOT AND KLIT BUT AT THIS TIME THE CHANCE IS NOT ENOUGH TO PUT IN THE TAF. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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 SUN SEP 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS FROM THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH AND WILL WASH OUT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER ARKANSAS BY TUESDAY. YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOT ALLOW THE FRONT TO PENETRATE MUCH INTO THE STATE. DRY AND WARM WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE GULF COAST REGION ON SATURDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 46
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:36 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A fire occurred at the U.S. Forest Service Pleasant Hill District office of the Ozark National Forest. Lightning struck a radio tower and apparently traveled down the tower to a Forest Service office building. The building and equipment inside were destroyed. Siding was melted on an adjacent building.
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