Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Aug 13, 2002, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2002, 5:40 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Izard County, AR

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS54 KLZK 130745
FFWLIT
ARC005-049-065-131040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
240 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BAXTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 540 AM CDT

* BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 230 AM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4       
  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES.         
  THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL    
  CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 3 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.

LAT...LON 3647 9160 3594 9182 3598 9198 3628 9246
          3646 9250

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 12, 2:26 PM CDT, 12 hours 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
226 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002

BY EARLY TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO
SPREAD FROM LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE A COLD
FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THIS SHOULD
TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN
SECTIONS LATER TONIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE IN THE UPPER 60S
ACROSS ACROSS THE NORTH AND RANGE TOWARDS THE MID 70S IN THE SOUTH.
THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AS THE FRONT GETS CLOSER.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT IS LIKELY
TO EXTEND FROM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME TO MENA BY EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT.

FCSTID = 38
HRO   69  84  67  83 /  50  50  60  40
LIT   71  88  70  86 /  50  50  60  40
HOT   73  88  72  85 /  50  50  60  40
PBF   73  89  72  88 /  50  50  60  40

.LZK...
AR...NONE.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.