Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 1997, 11:08 PM CST for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 1997, 11:08 PM CST (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1997, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garland County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 030508 FFWLIT ARC051-030900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1108 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A FL
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
Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR ADDITIONAL FATALITIES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
800 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 PM WESTERN GROVE AR .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 NEWTON
0150 PM NEWPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON REPORTED ON HWY 14 WEST
OF NEWPORT.
0235 PM 10 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK STRUCK TRUCK STOP ON I-30
AT HWY 53.
0245 PM 2 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK REPORTED 1/4 MILE WEST OF
I-30...APPROACHING
ARKADELPHIA.
0246 PM ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK *** 6 DEAD ***
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN
DOWNTOWN AREA.
0250 PM ANTIOCH AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 WHITE FUNNEL CLOUD AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0257 PM 5 NW AUSTIN AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE REPORTED AT HWYS 5 AND
319...TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN...PEOPLE
TRAPPED IN DEBRIS.
0303 PM BENTON AR
03/01/97 SALINE DEBRIS FALLING ON WEST
SIDE OF BENTON.
0308 PM 2 N FURLOW AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE TRAILERS TURNED OVER...
ROOFS OFF HOUSES.
0316 PM MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING TOWARD
GLEN ROSE AND TRASKWOOD.
0317 PM 5 E MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD WITH DEBRIS
FALLING OUT OF THE SKY.
0330 PM SARDIS AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE *** 10 DEAD ***
DOZENS OF HOMES DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED AROUND SARDIS...
ALEXANDER...AND VIMY RIDGE
0335 PM BRYANT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES
OFF.
0335 PM DENMARK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON *** 3 DEAD ***
TREES DOWN...TREE ONE ON A
HOUSE...HIGHWAY BLOCKED.
0340 PM 3 SE OIL TROUGH AR TORNADO
03/01/97 INDEPENDENCE
0342 PM 2 S LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
ON CHICOT RD.
0343 PM LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
AT ARCH ST AND PRATT RD.
0343 PM JERUSALEM AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CONWAY *** 1 INJURED ***
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND
INJURIES REPORTED.
0343 PM 5 S LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI IN WILLOW SPRINGS/ARCH ST
PIKE AREA.
0345 PM APPLETON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 POPE
0349 PM 3 S LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI *** 5 DEAD ***
TORNADO MOVED THROUGH ARCH
ST PIKE/DIXON RD AREA AND
THEN ON THROUGH COLLEGE
STATION...BUSINESSES AND
HOUSES DESTROYED.
0353 PM LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI STRUCK MOTEL JUST OUTSIDE
LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT...
DEBRIS WAS BLOWN ONTO
RUNWAYS...CLOSING AIRPORT
FOR AWHILE.
0354 PM AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 PULASKI NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT GRAVEL
RIDGE.
0356 PM BRYANT AR FLOODING
03/01/97 SALINE STREET FLOODING.
0415 PM JACKSONPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON 30 HOMES AND TRAILERS
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...
MANY INJURIES.
0428 PM 10 N LONOKE AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE REPORTED ON HWY 31.
0502 PM OIL TROUGH AR TORNADO
03/01/97 INDEPENDENCE
0550 PM CAMDEN AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 OUACHITA
0630 PM WHITEHALL AR
03/01/97 JEFFERSON 3 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED
IN ONE HOUR.
0645 PM 5 SE RISON AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 CLEVELAND TREES DOWN.
THIS REPORT UPDATES THE STORM REPORT TRANSMITTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT
INCLUDES THE LATEST FATALITY REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE ARKANSAS OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO THE DEATHS...THE TORNADOES CAUSED MORE
THAN 250 INJURIES...ACCORDING TO THE LATEST COUNT.
DEATH TOLL NOW AT 24.
43/28Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:01 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
800 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0428 PM SCOTT AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 LONOKE
31Special weather statement, Mar 2, 9:52 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-030945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 952 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 300 AM CST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS AND CONTINUES TO TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. 38
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 9:54 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-030945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 952 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 300 AM CST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS AND CONTINUES TO TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. 38
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 10:50 PM CST, 18 minutes before
ARZ047-049-056>058-063>069-072-073-030645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1050 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL IS DECREASING OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF ARKANSAS. 38
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 10:52 PM CST, 16 minutes before
ARZ047-049-056>058-063>069-072-073-030645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1050 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL IS DECREASING OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF ARKANSAS. 38
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.