Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Apr 5, 1997, 6:30 AM CST (12:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 1997, 8:30 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

County Drew County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLIT 051242
FFWLIT
ARC001-043-063-067-069-079-085-095-117-135-147-051515-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

   ...ARKANSAS COUNTY
   ...DREW COUNTY
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...INDEPENDENCE COUNTY
   ...SHARP COUNTY

IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

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

IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...LONOKE COUNTY
   ...PRAIRIE COUNTY
 
AT 630 AM...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO BEFORE MOVING OUT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE WARNED
AREA...AND ANOTHER ADDTIONAL 1 INCH MAY FALL IN SOME AREAS THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS.
 
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.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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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.