A nearly stationary front setup across southern Missouri on the 27th. The front pushed into Arkansas on the 28th and 29th, and was followed by cooler air.
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A nearly stationary front setup across southern Missouri on the 27th. The front pushed into Arkansas on the 28th and 29th, and was followed by cooler air.
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 Mar 27, 6:40 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 740 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 .UPDATE... PROXIMITY OF FRONT AND CURRENT CONVECTION REQUIRE AN INCREASE IN POPS FOR THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA WHERE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS. ALSO...DECIDED TO MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS TO ALERT THE PUBLIC IN THOSE AREAS TO THE APPROACHING STORMS. UPDATES OUT ALREADY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 634 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008/ AVIATION... STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER MISSOURI CURRENTLY PRODUCING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SINK SOUTHWARD OVER THE PERIOD...PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES ARE PRESENT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT. A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL RETURN FOR THESE AREAS AROUND 18Z ON FRIDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THROUGH SUNDOWN. THE GRADIENT WILL STAY UP TONIGHT...THOUGH WINDS WILL RELAX SOME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 258 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...IN THE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 44. RECENT UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS...INCLUDING RADIOSONDE AND AIRCRAFT SOUNDINGS...INDICATE THAT SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE INHIBITION EXISTS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. THE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTH...REACHING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE BY LATE FRIDAY. EXPECT SCATTERED COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION ALONG...AND BEHIND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY...AS UPPER SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION INCREASES. RETURN FLOW QUICKLY BECOMES ESTABLISHED BY EARLY SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL RETURN NORTHWARD LATE IN THE PERIOD. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PROMOTE SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE TRANSPORT ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY. THIS LOOKS TO BRING THE LAST AROUND OF RAIN TO THE REGION...AT LEAST THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THERE COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SYSTEM WILL FINALLY EXIT THE REGION SOME TIME TUESDAY...AS THE UPPER TROUGH PUSHES THE SURFACE SYSTEM INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... WITH MOISTURE RETURNING LATE IN THE PERIOD...OUT AHEAD OF ANOTHER APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 54 57 41 56 / 40 40 30 30 CAMDEN AR 57 70 50 68 / 10 50 50 30 HARRISON AR 48 55 39 54 / 50 30 20 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 57 64 46 63 / 20 40 30 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 57 63 45 62 / 30 50 30 30 MONTICELLO AR 57 71 50 68 / 20 40 60 40 MOUNT IDA AR 56 63 45 61 / 20 40 30 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 50 54 39 54 / 50 40 20 20 NEWPORT AR 56 58 42 58 / 40 40 30 30 PINE BLUFF AR 58 67 48 64 / 20 50 50 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 54 60 43 59 / 30 30 20 30 SEARCY AR 55 60 44 59 / 30 40 30 30 STUTTGART AR 56 64 46 62 / 30 50 40 30 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR ARKANSAS-MONROE- PRAIRIE. && 32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 707 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 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- 707 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST WEEK WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...MAINLY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS. THIS INCLUDES THE BLACK RIVER...THE LOWER WHITE RIVER AND THE CACHE RIVER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG THE LOWER WHITE RIVER. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ALONG THE MISSOURI ARKANSAS BORDER TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS AS THE FRONT SLOWLY SLIDES SOUTHWARD. ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE COULD BECOME SEVERE. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHWARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS ALONG THE BLACK AND CACHE RIVERS...AND THE LOWER REACHES OF THE WHITE RIVER. THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL WOBBLE IN THE COMING DAYS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY...BRINGING BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IT WILL LIKELY STALL SOUTH OF ARKANSAS... THEN MOVE BACK NORTH INTO THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE IN THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR. IT WILL DEPEND ON THE POSITION OF THE FRONT...WITH PRECIPITATION FOCUSING MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. THE SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY...GIVEN THAT ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING HIGH WATER PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 219
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were reported down in the Pack Saddle area.
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