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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 16, 1997Scott County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1997, 8:51 PM CDT for Scott 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
Jun 16, 1997, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 11:55 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 621 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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, Jun 16, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
ARZ020-030-037-040-041-050>052-059-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
350 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF WESTERN ARKANSAS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF WESTERN
ARKANSAS EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH GENERALLY
COVERS THAT PART OF ARKANSAS WEST OF AN OZARK...MURFREESBORO...
ASHDOWN LINE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.

THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KAS/46
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
ARZ020-030-037-040-041-050>052-059-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
350 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF WESTERN ARKANSAS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF WESTERN
ARKANSAS EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH GENERALLY
COVERS THAT PART OF ARKANSAS WEST OF AN OZARK...MURFREESBORO...
ASHDOWN LINE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.

THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.N

KAS/46
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
ARZ046-047-049-057-058-064-065-069-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
505 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WITH THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS DIMINISHING FOR
THE TIME BEING.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS UNTIL 8PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY EXCEPT FOR TWO
COUNTIES. ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES ARE STILL AFFECTED BY
THE WATCH.

WHILE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...MORE SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. STAY TUNED TO FURTHER
UPDATES AND LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan63 min
Jun 16, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott32 min
Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell64 min
Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring63 min
Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk63 min
Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant62 min
Jun 16, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Pulaski46 min
Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant49 min
Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke48 min
Jun 16, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy35 min
Jun 16, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLonoke3 hr
Jun 16, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGarland, Grant, Hot Spring3 hr
Jun 16, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Prairie65 min
Jun 17, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun34 min
Jun 17, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley33 min
Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope33 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.