Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Jul 1, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Marion County, AR, Searcy County, AR

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM
  TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BRUNO IN SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY. THIS
  THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN SEARCY
  COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TWO
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 4 PM. THIS
  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS
  AND WATER ACROSS MANY COUNTY ROADS IN THIS AREA. OTHER
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING UPSTREAM FROM THIS AREA AND
  WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN MARION AND NORTHWESTERN SEARCY
  COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

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

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

FLAT...LON 3622 9289 3620 9264 3593 9268 3593 9290

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 1, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
225 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2000

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONT TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN AR THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER CONVECTION IN MO. WILL
INCLUDE SMALL POPS TO ALLOW FOR CELLS TO POP UP AND DIMINISH INTO
THE EARLY EVENING.

OTHERWISE...MODELS BRING NEXT UPPER LOW TOWARD AR LATER TONIGHT AND
SUN. UPPER LOW WILL INTERACT WITH WHATS LEFT OF OLD WASHED OUT
FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHWEST AR TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS/THUNDERSHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST ZONES LATER TONIGHT AND SUN. WILL
BE SMALLER RAIN CHANCES SUN NORTH AND EAST SECTIONS FARTHER AWAY
FROM THE VORT MAX. WILL HAVE TO HANG ON TO SCATTERED POPS MOST AREAS
MON DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS UPPER LOW.

INTERESTING COLL PATTERN DEVELOPED BY THE AVN/MRF OUT IN TIME. THINK
THAT THE WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BE SITUATED NEAR THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY THE FOURTH OF JULY. WILL INTRODUCE SCATTERED
THUNDERSHOWERS FOR HALF OF FORECAST AREA IN THE EXTENDED.

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.LIT...NONE.

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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.