Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 8:32 AM CST for 8 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 3, 2008, 8:32 AM CST (14:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2008, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Yell County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 3, 5:30 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 5:30 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 3, 3:06 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 306 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ARZ003>005-012-013-021-022-031005- BAXTER-BOONE-JOHNSON-MARION-NEWTON-POPE-SEARCY- 306 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BAXTER...BOONE...JOHNSON...MARION... NEWTON...POPE AND SEARCY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CST... AT 302 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM JOHNSON TO MARION COUNTIES. THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE COUNTIES IN THE ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN BAXTER...BOONE...JOHNSON...MARION...NEWTON...POPE AND SEARCY COUNTIES...INCLUDING SAINT JOE...YELLVILLE AND FLIPPIN... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. 59
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 3:58 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 358 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ARZ005-006-013>015-021>023-031100- BAXTER-FULTON-IZARD-JOHNSON-POPE-SEARCY-STONE-VAN BUREN- 358 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BAXTER...FULTON...IZARD...JOHNSON... POPE...SEARCY...STONE AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CST... AT 354 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM JOHNSON TO FULTON COUNTIES. THE AREA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE COUNTIES IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN BAXTER...FULTON...IZARD...JOHNSON...POPE...SEARCY...STONE AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES...INCLUDING MARSHALL...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. 59
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:51 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 17 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 2 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Franklin | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Searcy | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Izard, Stone | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Independence | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 9:06 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Randolph | 9 days |
| Mar 3, 9:06 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence | 73 days |
| Mar 3, 9:13 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 140 days |
| Mar 3, 9:13 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 70 days |
| Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Pope, Yell | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Conway, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 6 days |
| Mar 3, 12:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Lonoke, Perry, Pope and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton, Perry and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:15 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 5 days |
| Mar 3, 2:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Searcy | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence | 41 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:13 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Saline | 15 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 83 days |
| Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:55 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 21 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Pope, Yell | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 38 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.