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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 23, 2004Pope County, Searcy County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2004, 12:17 AM CDT for Pope County, Searcy 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 23, 2004, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2004, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
543 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KLZK 230517
FFWLIT
ARC115-129-230815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1217 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 1212 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES   
  OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREAS BETWEEN 1045 PM AND 1210    
  AM. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...SO ADDITIONAL    
  RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

&& 

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.

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 3586 9243 3571 9283 3546 9285 3544 9322
          3564 9320 3574 9292 3607 9291 3607 9243

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope41 min
Apr 22, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson39 min
Apr 22, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope14 min
Apr 22, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton52 min
Apr 22, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard58 min
Apr 22, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson40 min
Apr 22, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter43 min
Apr 22, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion58 min
Apr 22, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp60 min
Apr 22, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone3 hr
Apr 22, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy49 min
Apr 22, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson34 min
Apr 22, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Johnson, Marion, Newton3 hr
Apr 22, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope43 min
Apr 22, 11:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton3 hr
Apr 22, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren44 min
Apr 22, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy39 min
Apr 23, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone50 min
Apr 23, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren42 min
Apr 23, 12:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIzard, Sharp3 hr
Apr 23, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard38 min
Apr 23, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren43 min
Apr 23, 1:27 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren33 min
Apr 23, 4:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton3 hr
Apr 23, 4:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Searcy61 min
Apr 23, 4:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson3 hr
Apr 23, 5:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Searcy3 hr
Apr 23, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone47 min
Apr 23, 6:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPope2 hr
Apr 23, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence30 min
Apr 23, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKNewton118 min
Apr 23, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone, Marion119 min
Apr 23, 1:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter2 hr
Apr 23, 4:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIzard, Stone3 hr
Apr 23, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence3 hr
Apr 23, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.