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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 9, 2006Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2006, 11:53 PM CDT for Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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
May 9, 2006, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Desha County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2374 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.1

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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 May 9, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1003 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

.UPDATE...
EXPANDED FF WATCH EARLIER THIS EVENING TO INCLUDE THE REST OF
N-CNTRL AR. ONGOING CONVECTION ACRS WRN AR WL CONT WORKING SLOLY EWD
TNGT. WHILE A FEW SVR STORMS WL BE RMN POSSIBLE...FOCUS WL MAINLY BE
ON HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT. ADJUSTED POP/TEMP GRIDS TO
REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. REST OF FCST IN GOOD SHAPE. ALL UPDATES GONE.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004-ARZ005-
ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ012-ARZ013-ARZ014-ARZ015-ARZ016-ARZ021-ARZ022-
ARZ023-ARZ024-ARZ025-ARZ030-ARZ031-ARZ032-ARZ033-ARZ034-ARZ037-
ARZ038-ARZ039-ARZ040-ARZ041-ARZ042-ARZ043-ARZ044-ARZ045-ARZ046-
ARZ047-ARZ052-ARZ053-ARZ054-ARZ055-ARZ056-ARZ057.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 5:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
555 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101000-
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-
555 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE ARKANSAS MISSOURI BORDER BACK INTO
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO
ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT WHERE A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY...AND IT
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY OVER ABOUT THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
&&

FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 10:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1032 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1018 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAULKSVILLE             35.30N 93.87W
05/09/2006                   LOGAN              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 23 IN CAULKSVILLE.

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOONEVILLE              35.14N 93.92W
05/09/2006                   LOGAN              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 23 IN BOONEVILLE.

&&

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Local storm report, May 9, 10:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1047 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1034 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW DRIGGS             35.24N 93.80W
05/09/2006                   LOGAN              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON COX VALLEY ROAD.

1035 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S COVE                34.41N 94.41W
05/09/2006                   POLK               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 71.

&&

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Local storm report, May 9, 11:32 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1132 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1035 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COVE                    34.44N 94.41W
05/09/2006                   POLK               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON MOBILE HOME AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

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Local storm report, May 9, 11:52 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1152 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MURFREESBORO            34.06N 93.69W
05/09/2006                   PIKE               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF OF HOUSES

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton58 min
May 9, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton61 min
May 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan46 min
May 9, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk53 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Yell61 min
May 9, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike66 min
May 9, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha53 min
May 9, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope57 min
May 9, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring56 min
May 10, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski, Saline59 min
May 10, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKVan Buren2 hr
May 10, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas, Grant56 min
May 10, 12:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKStone118 min
May 10, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita53 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln61 min
May 10, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence49 min
May 10, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha63 min
May 10, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff31 min
May 10, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew, Jefferson, Lincoln30 min
May 10, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Pope, Yell41 min
May 10, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott36 min
May 10, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Yell49 min
May 10, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope, Yell49 min
May 10, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, White, Woodruff42 min
May 10, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White51 min
May 10, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline56 min
May 10, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland29 min
May 10, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring46 min
May 10, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke40 min
May 10, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson39 min
May 10, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Lincoln52 min
May 10, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha55 min
May 10, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk38 min
May 10, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike40 min
May 10, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark61 min
May 10, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland29 min
May 10, 9:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring55 min
May 10, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline59 min
May 10, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas53 min
May 10, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKDallas44 min
May 10, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita28 min
May 10, 10:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland47 min
May 10, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant23 min
May 10, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Lincoln48 min
May 10, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley44 min
May 10, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew44 min
May 10, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha53 min

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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.