Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Nov 5, 1994, 2:09 AM CST (08:09 UTC)

Expired

Nov 5, 1994, 6:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

Counties Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR

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TTAA00 KLIT 050813
FFWLIT
ARC115-089-101-129-051200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
209 AM CST SAT NOV 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...POPE COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...MARION COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY...SEARCY COUNTY
 
AT 205 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED RAIN EXPANDING ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE GROUND ACROSS THE WARNING AREA IS NEARLY
SATURATED...WITH RAINFALL REPORTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES COMMON SINCE
THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS MORNING WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE HIGH
WATER PROBLEMS IN THE WARNING AREA.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
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In the hours before

ARZ050>053-059>064-066>074-051400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
140 AM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 887 IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
ARKANSAS UNTIL 8 AM CST...

AT 135 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
ALONG THE RED RIVER IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN POSTED FOR WESTERN LITTLE RIVER...AND
WESTERN SEVIER COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 215 AM CST.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS STRONG TO DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS
THIS MORNING...WITH A TORNADO WATCH POSTED.

PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST
OF THE LATEST WEATHER THIS MORNING...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE READY TO TAKE COVER SHOULD A
WARNING BE ISSUED.

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Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.