Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 2008, 5:41 AM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 10, 2008, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 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 Apr 10, 2:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 5:00 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 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- 500 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...A DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE ACROSS ARKANSAS IS EXPECTED TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS INCLUDES THE BLACK RIVER...THE LOWER WHITE RIVER...THE CACHE AND OUACHITA RIVERS. DANGEROUS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AS WELL AS SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THESE CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH A POWERFUL MID AND UPPER LEVEL WIND FIELD...WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-LIVED...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED IN MOST AREAS...IT WILL NOT TAKE A LOT OF RAIN TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO AFFECT RIVER FLOODING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE ADVISED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER...AND FLASH FLOOD SAFETY RULES. ALSO...PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING LOW BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM FOR SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED ACROSS MOST AREAS ON THURSDAY. && MORE INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LZK/HTML/SVR0408.HTM 56
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 10, 12:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1250 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM FLASH FLOOD SAINT JOE 36.03N 92.80W
04/10/2008 SEARCY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER HIGHWAY 65 IN SAINT JOE.
&&
56The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Yell | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Yell | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 12:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 1:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Izard, Perry, Pope and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 2:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Pope, Searcy and 3 more | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 3:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Van Buren | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Marion, Searcy and 2 more | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Independence and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Izard and 5 more | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 4:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Searcy | 29 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 14 days |
| Apr 10, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Independence, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton, Pope and 2 more | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton, Pope and 2 more | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 7:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 37 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 62 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 3 days |
| Apr 10, 7:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Pope, Yell | 67 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 5 days |
| Apr 10, 7:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 4 days |
| Apr 10, 7:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Izard, Marion and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 7:40 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 30 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:40 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 30 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:40 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Pulaski | 30 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | White | 9 days |
| Apr 10, 7:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Perry, Pope and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence | 4 days |
| Apr 10, 8:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph | 47 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Randolph | 60 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone, Van Buren | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Franklin | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 5 days |
| Apr 10, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 6 days |
| Apr 10, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 12:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 20 min |
| Apr 10, 4:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 18 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.