Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 7:40 PM CST for Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Lonoke 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 10:40 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lonoke County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 020140 FFWLIT ARC001-069-085-095-117-020440- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 740 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1040 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS ...NORTHERN ARKANSAS COUNTY ...JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN LONOKE COUNTY ...PRAIRIE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS ...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY AT 735 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A 3-HOUR PERIOD. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS AND WILL DO SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING MAINLY ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. IT IS MUCH HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AND THE DEPTH OF WATER AT NIGHT. 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. 46/44
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
Local storm report, Mar 1, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
654 PM CDT SAT MAR 01 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM WESTERN GROVE AR .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 NEWTON
0250 PM NEWPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON TORNADO ON HWY 14 W OF
NEWPORT REPORTED BY HAMS.
0325 PM 10 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK TORNADO AT TRUCK STOP ON
HWY 53
0342 PM 2 S LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT BY
HAMS ON CHICOT RD.
0343 PM LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT BY
HAMS AT ARCH ST AND PRATT
RD.
0345 PM 2 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK TORNADO 1/4 MI WEST OF I30
APPROACHING ARKADELPHIA
REPORT BY OES.
0346 PM ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK TORNADO REPORT AT OUACHITA
BAPTIST UNIV
0350 PM ANTIOCH AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 WHITE FUNNEL CLOUD AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0357 PM LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI TORNADO AT HWY 5 AND 319
REPORTED BY HAMS.
0403 PM BENTON AR
03/01/97 SALINE DEBRIS FALLING ON WEST
SIDE OF BENTON.
0407 PM CABOT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE POLES DOWN. PERSONS
TRAPPED IN VEHICLES.
0416 PM MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING TOWARD
TRASKWOOD AND GLENROSE.
0425 PM MARSHALL AR
03/01/97 SEARCY VERY HEAVY RAIN REPORT BY
HAMS.
0430 PM BRYANT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE TORNADO SIGHTED SE OF
BRYANT
0435 PM DENMARK AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 JACKSON TREES DOWN...TREE ON A
HOUSE AND HWY CLOSED.
0443 PM JERUSALEM AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CONWAY
0443 PM JERUSALEM AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CONWAY *** 1 INJ ***
TORNADO ON HWY 9 NORTH OF
JERUSALEM REPORTED BY
MORRILTON PD.
0444 PM 5 E MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD AND DEBRIS
FROM STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
0445 PM APPLETON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 POPE
0446 PM LITTLE ROCK AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 PULASKI HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
REPORTED BY HAMS NEAR I30
AND SCOTT HAMILTON RD.
0449 PM LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI AT DIXON RD AND GRANIT
MOUNTAIN...TREES DOWN AND
VEHICLE DAMAGED REPORT BY
HAMS.
0455 PM AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 PULASKI NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT GRAVEL
RIDGE REPORT BY HAMS.
0456 PM BRYANT AR FLOODING
03/01/97 SALINE STREET FLOODING REPORT BY
HAMS.Local storm report, Mar 1, 5:58 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
654 PM CDT SAT MAR 01 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM WESTERN GROVE AR .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 NEWTON
0250 PM NEWPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON TORNADO ON HWY 14 W OF
NEWPORT REPORTED BY HAMS.
0325 PM 10 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK TORNADO AT TRUCK STOP ON
HWY 53
0342 PM 2 S LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT BY
HAMS ON CHICOT RD.
0343 PM LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT BY
HAMS AT ARCH ST AND PRATT
RD.
0345 PM 2 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK TORNADO 1/4 MI WEST OF I30
APPROACHING ARKADELPHIA
REPORT BY OES.
0346 PM ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK TORNADO REPORT AT OUACHITA
BAPTIST UNIV
0350 PM ANTIOCH AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 WHITE FUNNEL CLOUD AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0357 PM LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI TORNADO AT HWY 5 AND 319
REPORTED BY HAMS.
0403 PM BENTON AR
03/01/97 SALINE DEBRIS FALLING ON WEST
SIDE OF BENTON.
0407 PM CABOT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE POLES DOWN. PERSONS
TRAPPED IN VEHICLES.
0416 PM MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING TOWARD
TRASKWOOD AND GLENROSE.
0425 PM MARSHALL AR
03/01/97 SEARCY VERY HEAVY RAIN REPORT BY
HAMS.
0430 PM BRYANT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE TORNADO SIGHTED SE OF
BRYANT
0435 PM DENMARK AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 JACKSON TREES DOWN...TREE ON A
HOUSE AND HWY CLOSED.
0443 PM JERUSALEM AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CONWAY
0443 PM JERUSALEM AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CONWAY *** 1 INJ ***
TORNADO ON HWY 9 NORTH OF
JERUSALEM REPORTED BY
MORRILTON PD.
0444 PM 5 E MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD AND DEBRIS
FROM STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
0445 PM APPLETON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 POPE
0446 PM LITTLE ROCK AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 PULASKI HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
REPORTED BY HAMS NEAR I30
AND SCOTT HAMILTON RD.
0449 PM LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI AT DIXON RD AND GRANIT
MOUNTAIN...TREES DOWN AND
VEHICLE DAMAGED REPORT BY
HAMS.
0455 PM AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 PULASKI NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT GRAVEL
RIDGE REPORT BY HAMS.
0456 PM BRYANT AR FLOODING
03/01/97 SALINE STREET FLOODING REPORT BY
HAMS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 10:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 65 min |
| Mar 2, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 50 min |
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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.