Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2003, 8:49 PM CDT for Fulton County, Izard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2003, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2003, 11:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fulton County, AR, Izard County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KLZK 250154 FFWLIT ARC049-065-250450- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 849 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1150 PM CDT * AT 850 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN FULTON AND NORTHERN IZARD COUNTIES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. MANY AREA ROADS ARE FLOODED. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN RECEIVED EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL STILL NEED TIME TO RUN OFF. && A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 3640 9159 3615 9170 3611 9212 3636 9210 $$ 56
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AMENDED FOR PRELIMINARY NUMBERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 335 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003 NOT MUCH TIME TO TALK TODAY...SO I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK. BIGGEST CONCERN TONIGHT IS SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY TORNADO POTENTIAL. GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM THE I-30 / US 67-167 CORRIDOR ON EAST TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WILL ADDRESS THESE ISSUES ACCORDINGLY IN THE ZONES. ONCE THE DRYLINE MOVES THROUGH...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE. DUE TO PROXIMITY OF UPPER LOW...STILL A POSSIBILITY OF SOME ISOLATED TSRA OVER THE NORTH TOMORROW...SO LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THOSE AREAS. THINGS DRY OUT FRIDAY NIGHT...AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE FORECAST AREA. WEEKEND LOOKS FAIRLY TOLERABLE AS HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS IN AND THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND STALLS. STILL LOOKING AT FRONT BACKING NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. BASICALLY LEFT THE EXTENDED AS IS...THOUGH CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO BE LESS THAN STELLAR. PRELIMINARY ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT...THOUGH THEY ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE REVISIONS. DISCUSSION WILL BE UPDATED LATER TO INCLUDE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. FCSTID = 57 HRO 50 65 47 71 / 50 20 10 5 LIT 56 75 52 74 / 60 10 10 5 HOT 55 74 53 74 / 60 10 10 5 PBF 58 75 53 75 / 60 10 10 5 .LZK...NONE. 57
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 715 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE..TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES. THE SEVERE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH ARKANSAS ON MONDAY AND MAY STALL IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO THIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN MOST OF ARKANSAS. 56
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
537 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0528 PM 8 N JUDSONIA AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WHITE REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
28Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
610 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0542 PM PYATT AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 MARION REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0545 PM SNOW AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 MARION REPORTED BY
MEDIA
0550 PM BOSWELL AR 2.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 IZARD REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0550 PM 9 S MELBOURNE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 IZARD REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0551 PM MELBOURNE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 IZARD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
28Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
629 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM BRADFORD AR .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WHITE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR
28Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
732 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM THIDA AR .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 INDEPENDENCE REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0605 PM ASH FLAT AR .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 SHARP REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0625 PM 2 W MOUNTAIN HOME AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BAXTER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0625 PM 5 S MOUNTAIN HOME AR 2.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BAXTER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER
0630 PM COTTER AR .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BAXTER REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0630 PM GASSVILLE AR .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BAXTER REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0630 PM MIDWAY AR .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BAXTER REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0631 PM PEEL AR WIND DAMAGE
04/24/03 MARION TREES DOWN AND MOBILE
HOME DAMAGED. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0649 PM 5 S MOUNTAIN HOME AR 2.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BAXTER REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
28Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
738 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0718 PM WHITEHALL AR .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
0730 PM OXFORD AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 IZARD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
28Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:52 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
752 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0743 PM OXFORD AR TORNADO
04/24/03 IZARD BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
TREES BLOWN DOWN.
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 12 min |
| Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 3 hr |
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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.