Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Jun 29, 2004, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pulaski County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 291827
FFWLIT
ARC119-292030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
125 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF PULASKI 
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LITTLE ROCK/NORTH LITTLE ROCK METRO AREA. 
  THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. RADAR HAS 
  ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED...FLASH 
  FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. 

&&

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT 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 VEHICLE 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 3464 9243 3469 9250 3488 9256 3488 9209
          3467 9210 3459 9203

$$

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 29, 11:25 AM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT FCST ON TRACK FOR THIS AFTN. DID TWEAK HOURLY TEMP AND
PRECIP GRIDS TO BETTER REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS. STATIONARY BNDRY
STILL SITUATED OVER CNTRL AR THIS MRNG AND WILL CONT TO BE THE FOCUS
OF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION INTO THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL
STILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR CNTRL AND SRN AR AS WINDS ALOFT RMN
WEAK. UPDATED GRIDS AND ZONES ALREADY OUT.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301000-
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 TUE JUN 29 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES
SLOWLY BACK AND FORTH. WHILE A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG
BRIEFLY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DUE TO COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...AND LIGHT
WINDS AT THE LOWER AND MID LEVELS...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW-MOVING...
AND THEY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF...HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...AS SEVERAL MORE UPPER LOWS WILL AFFECT
ARKANSAS. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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

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.