Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Apr 4, 1997, 9:17 PM CST (03:17 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 1997, 12:10 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLIT 050317
FFWLIT
ARC001-011-013-025-041-043-049-063-065-067-069-079-095-117-135-
137-145-147-050610-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
917 PM CST FRI APR 4 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1210 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

   ...ARKANSAS COUNTY
   ...BRADLEY COUNTY
   ...CLEVELAND COUNTY
   ...DESHA COUNTY
   ...DREW COUNTY
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY

IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS

   ...CALHOUN COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...FULTON COUNTY
   ...INDEPENDENCE COUNTY
   ...IZARD COUNTY
   ...SHARP COUNTY
   ...STONE COUNTY

IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

   ...JACKSON COUNTY
   ...MONROE COUNTY
   ...WOODRUFF COUNTY

IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...PRAIRIE COUNTY
   ...WHITE COUNTY
 
WIDESPREAD RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS CAUSED FLOODING ACROSS
MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS.

MANY ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE PARTIALLY COVERED BY WATER...WITH
WATER COMPLETELY OVER SOME ROADS. FOR EXAMPLE...HIGHWAY 110 EAST OF
HEBER SPRINGS IS IMPASSIBLE...AND WAS CLOSED AS OF 9PM.

SOME HOUSE FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED...WITH SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS ON THE RISE.

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS SINCE LAST
NIGHT...WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN
ARKANSAS AS OF 9PM...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
STATE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL WORSEN THE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS THAT 
ALREADY EXIST.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL OVERNIGHT...SINCE THE DARKNESS WILL
HIDE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.  USE EXTREME CAUTION.

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Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.