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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 2, 2000Bradley County, Desha County, Drew County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT for Bradley County, Desha County, Drew 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
Apr 2, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2000, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bradley County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2000-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 
WGUS54 KLZK 021059
FFWLZK
ARC011-041-043-021300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
600 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
  BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
  DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES... WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF
OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! THEv WATER DEPTH
MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF
MOVING WATER TO CARRY A CAR DOWNSTREAM.

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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.