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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 24, 2004Pope County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2004, 9:36 AM CDT for Pope 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2004, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2004, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Pope County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KLZK 241443
FFWLIT
ARC115-241730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
936 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  POPE COUNTY

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON

*TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN POPE COUNTY IN
THE LAST 3 HOURS. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY
TO THE EAST IN THIS AREA AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MILLS CREEK ROAD NEAR LONDON WAS
COVERED WITH WATER...AND RUSHING ROAD WAS COVERED WITH WATER NEAR
DOVER. 

IF YOU ENCOUNTER RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$

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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, 4:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 4:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
400 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

.DISCUSSION...
PATTERN SHOULD FINALLY CHANGE AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES AND BRING AN
END TO THE SEIGE OF HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER...BUT NOT RIGHT
AWAY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY GOT PUSHED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS BUT
EXPECT IT TO QUICKLY LIFT BACK NORTH DURING THE DAY. MOST OF THE RAIN
AGAIN IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS BUT IT SHOULD SLOWLY SPREAD TO THE
EAST DURING THE DAY AS THE UPPER LOW IN THE WEST STARTS TO MOVE OUT
TO THE NORTHEAST. WILL START OUT WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST
INCREASING TO CATEGORICAL IN THE NORTHWEST THEN SHOW INCREASE IN
POPS DURING THE DAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SHOULD MOVE OFF TO THE EAST ON
SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AND HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT TONIGHT. WILL GO WITH 90 PERCENT POPS ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT AND WILL STRESS HEAVY RAIN. THE INSTABILITY AND
DYNAMICS ALSO SUGGEST A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS...BUT THAT IS NOT
LOOKING AS SERIOUS AS THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT SO WILL PLAY UP THE
HEAVY RAINS BUT NOT PLAY UP SEVERE WEATHER IN THE ZONES. RAIN SHOULD
DECREASE FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND WILL LOWER POPS THERE.
CHANCES OF RAIN WILL DECREASE SUNDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES AWAY AND
THE UPPER TROF PASSES OVER THE AREA. WILL KEEP HIGH POPS EARLY IN
THE EAST BUT HAVE ALL RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST BY THE END OF THE
DAY. A SECONDARY SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY. SOME MOISTURE ACCOMPANIES THIS SYSTEM BUT WILL ONLY
FORECAST AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS FOR NOW AND NO MENTION OF RAIN.
MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO TEMP FORECASTS.

DUE TO ACTIVE WEATHER...DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES TO EXTENDED EXCEPT
TO BRING FORECASTS OF SOME ELEMENTS MORE IN LINE WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK AR    75  61  73  54 /  60  90  80  10
HARRISON AR       68  54  67  48 /  90  90  50  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    74  61  73  54 /  70  90  70  10
PINE BLUFF AR     78  63  74  54 /  50  90  80  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  68  54  67  48 /  90  90  60  10
MONTICELLO AR     79  64  75  55 /  40  90  90  10
SEARCY AR         75  60  72  53 /  70  90  80  10
MOUNT IDA AR      73  60  73  54 /  70  90  70  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   71  58  71  53 /  80  90  60  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR ZONES ARZ003>007...ARZ012>016...ARZ021>025...
ARZ030>034...ARZ037>039.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
500 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN
HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVY RAINS ON SATURATED GROUND IN NORTHERN AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

HEAVY RAINS IN THE REST OF THE AREA COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANY TIME TODAY AND TONIGHT...
BUT THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY IN NORTHERN AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND THE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED
INTO TONIGHT IN MUCH OF THE SAME AREA...AND ADDITIONAL AREAS
MAY BE INCLUDED.

THE HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO RESULT IN RISING RIVERS AND RIVER FLOODING
WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

RAIN WILL DECREASE SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
BUT SOME FLOODING FROM RUNOFF COULD CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. ALSO
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ANYWHERE IN ARKANSAS AT ANY TIME
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
719 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 S ZINC                36.29N 92.92W
04/24/2004                   BOONE              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CRAWFORD ROAD NEAR HARMON FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N CLARKSVILLE         35.50N 93.47W
04/24/2004                   JOHNSON            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MUDSLIDE ON HWY 21 NEAR LUDWIG

0615 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HARTMAN                 35.43N 93.62W
04/24/2004                   JOHNSON            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 103 FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
810 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N BUFFALO CITY        36.21N 92.45W
04/24/2004                   BAXTER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROAD 1 WASHED OUT

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
831 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GASSVILLE               36.28N 92.49W
04/24/2004                   BAXTER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROAD 1 CLOSED

0755 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BULL SHOALS             36.38N 92.59W
04/24/2004                   MARION             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADS NEAR BULL SHOALS LAKE FLOODED

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:50 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
850 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HARRISON                36.24N 93.12W
04/24/2004                   BOONE              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 7S FLOODED

0745 AM     FLASH FLOOD      YARDELLE                36.07N 93.00W
04/24/2004                   NEWTON             AR   AIRPLANE PILOT

            HWY 123 FLOODED

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 9:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson	2 hr
Apr 23, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson	44 min
Apr 24, 12:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson	3 hr
Apr 24, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy	41 min
Apr 24, 4:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Newton	3 hr
Apr 24, 7:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	3 hr
Apr 24, 7:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Montgomery	3 hr
Apr 24, 7:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Newton	3 hr
Apr 24, 10:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	4 hr
Apr 24, 10:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Newton	3 hr
Apr 24, 11:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	4 hr
Apr 24, 11:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Conway, Van Buren	32 min
Apr 24, 12:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Van Buren	31 min
Apr 24, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, White	42 min
Apr 24, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring	46 min
Apr 24, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	37 min
Apr 24, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	44 min
Apr 24, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	42 min
Apr 24, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke	28 min
Apr 24, 4:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Izard	118 min
Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	47 min
Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2004 Every 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.