Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Apr 5, 1997, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 1997, 6:30 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
340 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

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

IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS

   ...CALHOUN COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

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

IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

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

IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...LONOKE COUNTY
   ...PRAIRIE COUNTY
   ...WHITE COUNTY
 
AT 330 AM CST...HEAVY RAIN COVERED MUCH OF NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN
HOUR...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED OVER ABOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE STATE.

MANY ROADS WERE EITHER PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY COVERED BY WATER. THERE
WAS ALSO STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WITH
3 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT...MANY
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL.

AS SUNRISE APPROACHES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO
COUNTIES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WITH RAIN COMING TO AN END
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS. RAIN WILL END STATEWIDE BY LATE MORNING.
 
THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD 
MOVE TO WHERE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS ARE NOT AS PREVALENT. 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. OF COURSE...BE
EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHILE ITS DARK...SINCE THE DARKNESS WILL HIDE
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING.

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In the hours 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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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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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.