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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 9:48 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashley County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 16, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
ARZALL-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 405 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 8 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... STRONG AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO AND TOWARD ARKANSAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS CLUSTER. AS THE NIGHT GOES ON...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMSV MAY AFFECT THE ENTIRE STATE. ARKANSANS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 25
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
ARZALL-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 448 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIL 8 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TIL 10 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST... INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ALONG THE LINE...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVING BEEN ISSUED BY THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI...TULSA OKLAHOMA AND FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WAS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE HIGH OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS...AND THE CLUSTER OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION...ARKANSANS SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 25
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
ARZALL-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 545 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIL 8 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TIL 10 PM... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LYING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE LINE WAS TRANSLATING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LARGE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NEAR MAGNOLIA. THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM...WHICH WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF UNION AND OUACHITA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM WHICH MAY CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO THESE COUNTIES. VERY WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES OVER ALL OF ARKANSAS...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. ARKANSANS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 25
Special weather statement, May 16, 9:23 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Union | 63 min |
| May 16, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy, Van Buren | 69 min |
| May 16, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 16, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 62 min |
| May 16, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ashley, Bradley, Union | 68 min |
| May 16, 9:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Union | 3 hr |
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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.