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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 5, 1994Polk County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Nov 5, 1994, 3:53 AM CST for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 1994, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 1994, 6:00 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Polk County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.1

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 11:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFranklin, Johnson6 hr
Nov 5, 2:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKMarion, Searcy4 hr
Nov 5, 2:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKNewton, Pope4 hr
Nov 5, 2:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKLogan, Scott3 hr
Nov 5, 3:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter3 hr
Nov 5, 3:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson3 hr
Nov 5, 3:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark46 min
Nov 5, 4:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita, Union49 min
Nov 5, 4:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas, Hot Spring47 min
Nov 5, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Union45 min
Nov 5, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland45 min
Nov 5, 5:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKAshley, Drew, Lincoln41 min
Nov 5, 6:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFranklin, Johnson4 hr
Nov 5, 6:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKNewton, Pope, Searcy4 hr
Nov 5, 6:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKPolk, Scott4 hr
Nov 5, 6:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Marion4 hr
Nov 5, 6:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Chicot, Desha35 min

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.