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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 5, 19974 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 1997, 12:36 AM CST for 4 counties in 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 5, 1997, 12:36 AM CST (06:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1997, 3:35 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 350 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
443 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:48 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ARZ060>073-050545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1048 PM CST FRI APR 4 1997

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 AM
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TEXARKANA...HOPE...CAMDEN...EL DORADO...AND
MONTICELLO. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRESCOTT TO
FORDYCE TO DUMAS.

WITH WARM MOIST AIR IN PLACE...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE
ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS. ANOTHER BATCH OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE IN FROM EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:50 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
ARZ060>073-050545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1048 PM CST FRI APR 4 1997

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 AM
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TEXARKANA...HOPE...CAMDEN...EL DORADO...AND
MONTICELLO. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRESCOTT TO
FORDYCE TO DUMAS.

WITH WARM MOIST AIR IN PLACE...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE
ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS. ANOTHER BATCH OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE IN FROM EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 7:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry3 hr
Apr 4, 8:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley47 min
Apr 4, 8:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne2 hr
Apr 4, 9:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland3 hr
Apr 4, 9:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie3 hr
Apr 4, 9:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Stone3 hr
Apr 4, 9:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson, White, Woodruff3 hr
Apr 4, 9:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton, Sharp3 hr
Apr 4, 9:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKDrew3 hr
Apr 4, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk36 min
Apr 4, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFranklin34 min
Apr 4, 11:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKDallas, Ouachita3 hr
Apr 4, 11:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKGrant3 hr
Apr 4, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson63 min
Apr 5, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke32 min
Apr 5, 12:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Prairie58 min
Apr 5, 12:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff3 hr
Apr 5, 12:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Independence3 hr
Apr 5, 12:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton, Izard, Sharp3 hr
Apr 5, 12:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBradley, Cleveland, Drew3 hr
Apr 5, 12:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKCalhoun3 hr
Apr 5, 2:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKPulaski3 hr
Apr 5, 2:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson50 min
Apr 5, 2:29 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKJefferson36 min
Apr 5, 2:35 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKLonoke35 min
Apr 5, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKDallas, Grant, Ouachita2 hr
Apr 5, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln3 hr
Apr 5, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff3 hr
Apr 5, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKLonoke, White3 hr
Apr 5, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson3 hr
Apr 5, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton, Izard, Sharp3 hr
Apr 5, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Stone3 hr
Apr 5, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun3 hr
Apr 5, 4:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant62 min
Apr 5, 4:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson33 min
Apr 5, 4:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke64 min
Apr 5, 4:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKDallas, Ouachita3 hr
Apr 5, 4:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKGrant, Pulaski, Saline3 hr
Apr 5, 4:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner3 hr
Apr 5, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp2 hr
Apr 5, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke2 hr
Apr 5, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff2 hr
Apr 5, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKDrew2 hr
Apr 5, 8:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Monroe, Prairie2 hr
Apr 5, 8:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Sharp, White2 hr
Apr 5, 8:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKWoodruff2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.