Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1995, 8:09 PM CDT for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Drew County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 3660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.8
- Supercell composite
- -5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 160111 FFWLIT ARC043-160415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 809 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ...DREW COUNTY AT 807 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM DIRECTLY OVER DREW COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING LITTLE. RAINFALL INTENSITY WAS INCREASING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS VERY HIGH. RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTY LIKELY HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM. 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 F OOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 32
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 15, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
ARZ037-040>042-050>056-059>075-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 638 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR ARKANSAS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE COUNTIES NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... SCOTT...POLK...MONTGOMERY...GARLAND...PIKE...CLARK...HOT SPRING... DALLAS...GRANT...AND JEFFERSON. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THESE COUNTIES HAS STABILIZED SOMEWHAT...AND THIS HAS DECREASED THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS COULD STILL OCCUR IN THESE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH ARKANSAS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THESE COUNTIES REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...AND A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT LIES ACROSS THE AREA...SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE& NEXT FEW HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY...SO HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL AFFECT SOME AREAS. 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 62 min |
| May 15, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 62 min |
| May 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 60 min |
| May 15, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 54 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.