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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Dec 26, 1987, 9:17 AM CST for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 1987, 9:17 AM CST (15:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 1987, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garland County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLIT 261517
FFWLIT
ARC051-053-119-125-019-039-059-261915-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
917 AM CST SAT DEC 26 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
...GARLAND...GRANT...PULASKI
...SALINE
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
...CLARK...DALLAS...HOT SPRING
AT MID MORNING...MODERATE RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS WAS
MOVING THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREAS. WITH THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN
THAT HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 DAYS...THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY
SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE INCREASED PROBLEMS.
MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR^ LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 4:15 AM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 415 AM CST FRI DEC 25 1987 ...FREEZING RAIN/SLEET ADVISORY EXTREME NORTHWEST TODAY... THE ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BOONE...NEWTON...MARION... SEARCY AND BAXTER. RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURRING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE NIGHT AND TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK IN SOME LOCATIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AT GRAVETTE...RODGERS AND DECATUR IN BENTON COUNTY DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON POWER LINES. ICE HAS ALSO ACCUMULATED ON SOME BRIDGES IN THESE NORTHERN COUNTIES. AT 400 AM..THE TEMPERATURE WAS 33 DEGREES AT THE FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT. SPRINGFIELD AND JOPLIN...MISSOURI WERE REPORTING FREEZING RAIN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S. TULSA...OKLAHOMA WAS REPORTING LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WITH A READING OF 29 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY...HOWEVER...FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ICE ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS. ALSO...THERE IS STILL SOME DANGER OF HAVING MORE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON POWER LINES. 06
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 8:05 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 800 AM CST FRI DEC 25 1987 ...FREEZING RAIN/SLEET ADVISORY EXTREME NORTHWEST TODAY... THE ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BOONE...NEWTON...MARION... SEARCY AND BAXTER. PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. AT 700 AM..THE TEMPERATURE WAS 33 DEGREES AT THE FAYETTEVILLE AIRPORT AND 31 DEGREES AT HARRISON. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 20S ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF ICE ON BRIDGES IN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY A REA. ALSO ICE HAS COLLECTED ON TREES AND POWER LINES. 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 9:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson | 4 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.