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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 6, 1998Faulkner County, Lonoke County, White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 1998, 4:33 AM CDT for Faulkner County, Lonoke County, White 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
Oct 6, 1998, 4:33 AM CDT (09:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 1998, 7:35 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faulkner County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 1998-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 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 1998-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
8.4

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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

Local storm report, Oct 5, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1150 PM CDT MON OCT 05 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1050 PM    DARDANELLE                AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   YELL                           SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
                                          IN TOWN. REPORT FROM KARV
                                          RADIO IN RUSSELLVILE AND
                                          YELL COUNTY OES.

1050 PM    RUSSELLVILLE              AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   POPE                           SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
                                          IN TOWN. 5.38 INCHES OF
                                          RAIN IN TOWN AS OF 1050 PM.
                                          REPORT FROM KARV RADIO IN
                                          RUSSELLVILLE.

1135 PM    CLINTON                   AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   VAN BUREN                      SERIOUS FLOODING IN CLINTON.
                                          GROCERY STORE FLOODED.
                                          TWO FAMILIES EVACUATED IN
                                          CLINTON. 2 FAMILIES ALSO
                                          TRAPPED IN THE NORTHERN
                                          PART OF VAN BUREN COUNTY.

1143 PM    MOUNTAIN VIEW             AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   STONE                          SOME FLOODING OF STREETS
                                          AND SMALL STREAMS. REPORT
                                          FROM STORM SPOTTER.

1145 PM    GREENBRIER                AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/05/98   FAULKNER                       POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORT FROM GREENBRIER
                                          POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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Local storm report, Oct 5, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1150 PM CDT MON OCT 05 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1050 PM    DARDANELLE                AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   YELL                           SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
                                          IN TOWN. REPORT FROM KARV
                                          RADIO IN RUSSELLVILE AND
                                          YELL COUNTY OES.

1050 PM    RUSSELLVILLE              AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   POPE                           SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
                                          IN TOWN. 5.38 INCHES OF
                                          RAIN IN TOWN AS OF 1050 PM.
                                          REPORT FROM KARV RADIO IN
                                          RUSSELLVILLE.

1135 PM    CLINTON                   AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   VAN BUREN                      SERIOUS FLOODING IN CLINTON.
                                          GROCERY STORE FLOODED.
                                          TWO FAMILIES EVACUATED IN
                                          CLINTON. 2 FAMILIES ALSO
                                          TRAPPED IN THE NORTHERN
                                          PART OF VAN BUREN COUNTY.

1143 PM    MOUNTAIN VIEW             AR   FLOODING
10/05/98   STONE                          SOME FLOODING OF STREETS
                                          AND SMALL STREAMS. REPORT
                                          FROM STORM SPOTTER.

1145 PM    GREENBRIER                AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/05/98   FAULKNER                       POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORT FROM GREENBRIER
                                          POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 2:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk33 min
Oct 5, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPolk3 hr
Oct 5, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKYell3 hr
Oct 5, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPope3 hr
Oct 5, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway3 hr
Oct 5, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKVan Buren3 hr
Oct 5, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner33 min
Oct 5, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKStone3 hr
Oct 6, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, White50 min
Oct 6, 12:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIzard, Sharp4 hr
Oct 6, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk3 hr
Oct 6, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKYell3 hr
Oct 6, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski48 min
Oct 6, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence49 min
Oct 6, 12:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKScott3 hr
Oct 6, 1:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPope3 hr
Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Perry4 hr
Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPulaski, Saline4 hr
Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGarland4 hr
Oct 6, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Van Buren3 hr
Oct 6, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton3 hr
Oct 6, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKStone3 hr
Oct 6, 2:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas33 min
Oct 6, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMontgomery, Yell4 hr
Oct 6, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPolk4 hr
Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIzard, Sharp4 hr
Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPope4 hr
Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKScott4 hr
Oct 6, 4:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPulaski95 min
Oct 6, 5:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKVan Buren2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.