Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 1997, 11:28 PM CST for Dallas County, Ouachita County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 4, 1997, 11:28 PM CST (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1997, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dallas County, AR, Ouachita County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 8:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Drew | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 11:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 12:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Prairie | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland, Drew | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 2:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Ouachita | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, White | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 4:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Dallas, Ouachita | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Drew | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Monroe, Prairie | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Sharp, White | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 2 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.