Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Mar 18, 2002, 11:56 PM CST (05:56 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 2002, 3:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Johnson County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WGUS54 KLZK 190556
FFWLIT
ARC071-089-101-129-190900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1153 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CST

* AT 1150 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2    
  INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE AFFECTED COUNTIES SINCE 900 PM. RADAR  
  ALSO INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER      
  THESE SAME AREAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

&&

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN
AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. DONT CAMP NEAR
STREAMS OR OTHER LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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

LAT...LON 3607 9341 3611 9287 3648 9285 3648 9259
          3584 9249 3571 9314 3548 9332 3544 9372
          3574 9370

$$

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 18, 3:50 PM CST, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
350 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002

WARM FRONT NEAR ARKANSAS/LOUISIANA BORDER WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH
OVERNIGHT. RADAR HAS SHOWED RAIN DEVELOPING NORTH OF THE
FRONT...WITH FOCUS PRIMARILY IN NORTHERN/WESTERN ARKANSAS. RAIN
PRETTY MUCH QUIT IN THE SOUTH.

APPEARS THAT RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN NORTH/WEST...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG FRONT TO
SOUTHWEST...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS STATE ON TUESDAY. THE
SYSTEM WILL HELP FOCUS PRECIPITATION IN NORTH/WEST.

IN ALL...LOOKING AT 2 TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NORTH/WEST
THROUGH TUESDAY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH POSTED AS A RESULT.

TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY...THE SYSTEM WILL HEAD EAST OF THE STATE.
SYSTEM WILL DRAG FRONT/PRECIPITATION TO SOUTH...AND MAY HAVE TO
ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FARTHER SOUTH AS A RESULT.

BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CLEARING WILL TAKE PLACE FROM THE NORTH.
HOWEVER...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING MORE
CLOUDS ON THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY A SHOT OF COOLER AIR THURSDAY
NIGHT/FRIDAY.

AT THIS TIME...MAY BE LOOKING AT FREEZE IN AT LEAST NORTHERN/CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY NIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER BEHIND FRONT FOR THE FIRST PART
OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...HIGH EXPECTED TO HEAD EAST SUNDAY WITH
CLOUDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO FINISH THE WEEKEND.

FCSTID = 46
HRO   48  54  41  55 / 100 100  70  30
LIT   55  63  50  61 /  70  70  70  40
HOT   55  63  50  61 /  70  70  70  40
PBF   56  65  52  62 /  40  40  70  50

.LZK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY FOR
       ZONES ARZ003>007...ARZ012>016...ARZ021>024...
       ARZ030>031...ARZ037>038.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.