Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Aug 19, 2001, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

113 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ouachita County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KLZK 200125
FFWLIT
ARC103-200315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
822 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OUACHITA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 2 1/2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN  
  HAS FALLEN FROM 715 TO 815 PM ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION     
  OF OUACHITA COUNTY...BETWEEN CHIDESTER AND AMY.

DONT 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.

LAT...LON 3382 9269 3352 9279 3349 9311 3378 9311

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
300 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2001

FORECAST CONCERNS: RAIN CHANCES INTO MONDAY AND TEMPS

LATEST SFC/MSAS DATA SHOWING WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY RUNNING ROUGHLY
ALONG A LINE FROM MENA TO HOT TO PBF. DRIER AIR IN PLACE NORTH OF
THE BOUNDARY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND 60S. SOUTH OF THE
FRONT...READINGS ARE IN THE LOW AND MID 70S.

MODELS ARE AGAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL TRENDS FOR THIS
FCST. UPPER LOW OVER THE SRN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NEWD
TOWARD THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY THRU MONDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW UPPER
HIGH TO BUILD INTO THE MID SOUTH. STUCK WITH A BLEND OF THE ETA AND
AVN FOR THIS FCST.

IN THE SHORT TERM...FRONTAL SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO DRIFT SLOWLY NWD
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. MODEL DATA STILL SHOWS ENOUGH LIFT NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY...AS WELL AS DECENT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...TO KEEP SMALL
POPS IN TONIGHT. FOCUS FOR RAINFALL WILL SHIFT TO NERN HALF OF AR ON
MONDAY AS FRONT CONTINUES TO TREK NWD.

AFTER MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE FA RESULTING IN WARMER
AND DRIER WEATHER. ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO STAY TO
OUR NORTH AND EAST. BOTH NGM AND AVN MOS TEMPS LOOK GOOD FOR ALL
PERIODS AND WILL ONLY MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

IN THE EXTENDED...STILL MANY QUESTIONS AS TO THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF
CHANTAL. LATEST AVN NOW TAKING THE STORM MORE WWD...WITH THE NOGAPS
TAKING THE SYSTEM INTO NRN MEXICO. WITH LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE
EVENTUAL OUTCOME...WILL KEEP EXTENDED DRY AND HOT FOR NOW.  ..44..

.LIT...NONE.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.