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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 23, 2006Polk County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2006, 2:21 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2006, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Polk County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 23, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 5:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000-
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 WED AUG 23 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONCE
AGAIN...A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN WESTERN ARKANSAS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE
MOVEMENT. AREAS UNDER THE STRONGEST PARTS OF THESE STORMS WILL GET
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH OVER 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR POSSIBLE. THIS COULD
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS COULD
CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE STATE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH OLD FRONTAL SYSTEMS OR
ASSOCIATED BOUNDARIES. ISOLATED STORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS OR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK
ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita37 min
Aug 23, 3:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKYell3 hr
Aug 23, 8:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKYell3 hr
Aug 23, 9:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMontgomery114 min
Aug 23, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKYell2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2006Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.