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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 11, 1998Garland County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Feb 11, 1998, 1:00 AM CST for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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: Feb 11, 1998, 1:00 AM CST (07:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 1998, 3:00 AM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Garland County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 110659
FFWLIT
ARC051-110900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
100 AM CST WED FEB 11 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...NORTHERN GARLAND COUNTY
 
AT 1 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN
GARLAND COUNTY...NEAR HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT
STREAMS AND LOW AREAS MAY CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED THROUGH 3 AM.
 
DURING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT...FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROAD MAY NOT BE
VISIBLE TO MOTORISTS. SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BE CLOSED.

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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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, Feb 10, 7:34 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
734 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

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

0530 PM    COLLINS                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   DREW                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. HOUSE DAMAGE WITH A
                                          WOMAN PINNED IN THE
                                          WRECKAGE. POSSIBLE
                                          TORNADO.

0540 PM    MC GEHEE                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   DESHA                          WIND DAMAGE IN TOWN.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF
                                          MC GEHEE.

0700 PM    STEPHENS                  AR   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/98   OUACHITA                       STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NOT
                                          ASSOCIATED WITH A
                                          THUNDERSTORM BLEW A ROOF
                                          OFF A HOUSE IN
                                          STEPHENS...DAMAGE IN
                                          LOUANN...AND TREES DOWN
                                          ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:34 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
734 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

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

0530 PM    COLLINS                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   DREW                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. HOUSE DAMAGE WITH A
                                          WOMAN PINNED IN THE
                                          WRECKAGE. POSSIBLE
                                          TORNADO.

0540 PM    MC GEHEE                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
02/10/98   DESHA                          WIND DAMAGE IN TOWN.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF
                                          MC GEHEE.

0700 PM    STEPHENS                  AR   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/98   OUACHITA                       STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NOT
                                          ASSOCIATED WITH A
                                          THUNDERSTORM BLEW A ROOF
                                          OFF A HOUSE IN
                                          STEPHENS...DAMAGE IN
                                          LOUANN...AND TREES DOWN
                                          ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:46 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
746 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

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

0700 PM    CAMDEN                    AR   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/98   OUACHITA                       ROOF BLOWN OFF GYM AT
                                          CAMDEN HARMONY GROVE HIGH
                                          SCHOOL WHILE GAME WAS ItN
                                          PROGRESS.

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:46 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
746 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

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

0700 PM    CAMDEN                    AR   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/98   OUACHITA                       ROOF BLOWN OFF GYM AT
                                          CAMDEN HARMONY GROVE HIGH
                                          SCHOOL WHILE GAME WAS ItN
                                          PROGRESS.

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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 8:55 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

ARZ008-009-016>018-024>028-032>036-043>049-055>058-062>066-067>069-
072-073-110500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
855 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

...HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELLED IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS...

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM COMTINUED MOVING FROM SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. SURROUNDING THE STORM...WINDS INCREASED
SUBSTANTIALLY...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. A WIND GUST OF 62 MPH WAS
REPORTED AT EL DORADO AS OF 6PM...WITH SIMILAR GUSTS IN PARTS OF
OUACHITA COUNTY WHERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED AND MANY TREES WERE
DOWNED.

THE WIND INCREASED FARTHER NORTH AS WELL...BUT NOT AS MUCH. IN LITTLE
ROCK...FOR EXAMPLE...A 41 MPH GUST WAS REPORTED AROUND 730 PM. WITH
THE WIND DECREASING A BIT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH...A HIGH WIND
WARNING IS NO LONGER NECESSARY IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE.

HOWEVER...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. WITH A SATURATED GROUND DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL...A FEW SHALLOW ROOTED TREES MAY GET KNOCKED OVER BY
THE WIND.

PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOULD EXPECT THE
WIND TO INCREASE TOWARD MIDNIGHT...AND THEN LAST A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THE WIND WILL SUBSIDE A BIT...BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 8:55 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

ARZ008-009-016>018-024>028-032>036-043>049-055>058-062>066-067>069-
072-073-110500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
855 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

...HIGH WIND WARNING CANCELLED IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS...

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM COMTINUED MOVING FROM SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. SURROUNDING THE STORM...WINDS INCREASED
SUBSTANTIALLY...WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. A WIND GUST OF 62 MPH WAS
REPORTED AT EL DORADO AS OF 6PM...WITH SIMILAR GUSTS IN PARTS OF
OUACHITA COUNTY WHERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED AND MANY TREES WERE
DOWNED.

THE WIND INCREASED FARTHER NORTH AS WELL...BUT NOT AS MUCH. IN LITTLE
ROCK...FOR EXAMPLE...A 41 MPH GUST WAS REPORTED AROUND 730 PM. WITH
THE WIND DECREASING A BIT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH...A HIGH WIND
WARNING IS NO LONGER NECESSARY IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE.

HOWEVER...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. WITH A SATURATED GROUND DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL...A FEW SHALLOW ROOTED TREES MAY GET KNOCKED OVER BY
THE WIND.

PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOULD EXPECT THE
WIND TO INCREASE TOWARD MIDNIGHT...AND THEN LAST A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THE WIND WILL SUBSIDE A BIT...BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 6:22 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline	3 hr
Feb 10, 6:22 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Pulaski	3 hr
Feb 10, 11:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	3 hr

Nearby

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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.