Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Little Rock, AR

ARZ003-005-006-008-010-011-012-013-014-015-016-150915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
207 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ARKANSAS...

AT 200 AM...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HARDY
TO JUST WEST OF HEBER SPRINGS TO MORRILTON TO MURFREESBORO.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF HOT SPRINGS AND JUST
SOUTH OF GLENWOOD.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ESTIMATES MADE
FROM SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATED THAT UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN PER
HOUR WAS FALLING...AND THAT SOME PLACES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

DUE TO THE RAPID RAINFALL RATES...THERE IS LIKELY TO BE SOME
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING FOR BRIEF PERIODS WHEN THE
HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS OCCUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
THIS...ESPECIALLY AT LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ON COUNTY ROADS.

IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHED FROM AUGUSTA TO WYNNE...AND THEN EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO
THE PINE BLUFF AREA AND THEN ON TO 10 MILES WEST OF WARREN.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO OCCURRING WITH TPHESE STORMS.

BOTH BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPREADING EASTWARD OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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ARZ006-008-012-014-015-151000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
304 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990

AT 255 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WERE LOCATED OVER PARTS OF PERRY...GARLAND...AND SALINE COUNTIES.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM PERRYVILLE TO OWENSVILLE...
NEAR BENTON...AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS.

ELSEWHERE...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING 10 MILES
WEST OF MALVERN...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MALVERN...AND 10 MILES
WEST OF PINE BLUFF.

IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM TUCKERMAN TO MCCRORY TO CARLISLE TO ENGLAND.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED 5 MILES WEST
OF JONESBORO...10 MILES WEST OF HARRISBURG...AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WYNNE.

ALL OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IN
SOME OF THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY
BETWEEN 1 A|ND 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT
TO CAUSE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING FOR BRIEF PERIODS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

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ARZ006-007-008-009-010-011-012-151100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
403 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990

AT 355 AM CST...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
AUGUSTA TO CABOT TO THE LITTLE ROCK AREA AND ON TO JUST NORTH OF
BENTON.

RAINFALL ESTIMATES MADE FROM SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT
SOME OF THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING ABOUT ONE INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR.
IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN
DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE
PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN. SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAN
BE EXPECTED FOR BRIEF PERIODS WHERE THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS OCCUR.

ELSEWHERE...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES EAST
OF JONESBORO...NEAR HARRISBURG...10 MILES NORTH OF HOT SPRINGS...
AND NEAR MOUNT IDA.

IN ADDITION...A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN ARKANSAS WERE IN THE
AREA BETWEEN DEQUEEN AND DIERKS.

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ARZ005-006-007-011-151200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
454 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990

AT 450 AM CST...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALD KNOB TO CONWAY TO PERRYVILLE
TO MOUNT IDA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTH AND EAST OF
CONWAY.

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THIS SAME AREA A FEW HOURS AGO...SO
SOME PLACES HAVE LIKELY RECEIVED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING
THE NIGHT. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
WATER ON THE ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ON
COUNTY ROADS.

ELSEWHERE...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE IN THE
AREA AROUND EL DORADO...SMACKOVER...AND CAMDEN IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE STATE.

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