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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 10, 2006Van Buren County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2006, 12:11 AM CDT for Van Buren 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 10, 2006, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2006, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Van Buren County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.9

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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, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 10:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 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, 6 hours 16 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 39 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 24 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, 39 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, 19 minutes 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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Local storm report, May 10, 12:00 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1200 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

1155 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E HOT SPRINGS         34.49N 93.03W
05/09/2006                   GARLAND            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 270

&&

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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
May 9, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	58 min
May 9, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	61 min
May 9, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan	46 min
May 9, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	53 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Yell	61 min
May 9, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike	66 min
May 9, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	53 min
May 9, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope	57 min
May 9, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring	56 min
May 9, 11:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Desha	2 hr
May 10, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline	59 min
May 10, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant	56 min
May 10, 12:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Stone	118 min
May 10, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	53 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	61 min
May 10, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence	49 min
May 10, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	63 min
May 10, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	31 min
May 10, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	30 min
May 10, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Pope, Yell	41 min
May 10, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	36 min
May 10, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Yell	49 min
May 10, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	49 min
May 10, 5:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	42 min
May 10, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	51 min
May 10, 6:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	56 min
May 10, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland	29 min
May 10, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	46 min
May 10, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	40 min
May 10, 7:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	39 min
May 10, 7:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Lincoln	52 min
May 10, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	55 min
May 10, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	38 min
May 10, 8:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pike	40 min
May 10, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	61 min
May 10, 9:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland	29 min
May 10, 9:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	55 min
May 10, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	59 min
May 10, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas	53 min
May 10, 9:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Dallas	44 min
May 10, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	28 min
May 10, 10:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland	47 min
May 10, 10:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant	23 min
May 10, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	48 min
May 10, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	44 min
May 10, 10:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	44 min
May 10, 10:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	53 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2006 Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.