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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 2008, 1:26 PM CDT for Searcy County, Stone County, 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
- Apr 22, 2008, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2008, 3:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
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 22, 1:21 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 1:21 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 815 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000- 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 TUE APR 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI TO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO NORTHERN TEXAS AT THIS TIME. THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THE DAY AS IT RUNS INTO UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES WILL STILL MOVE THROUGH THE PREVAILING FLOW ALOFT AND MAY TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HEATING IN THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL HELP THE AIR MASS BECOME UNSTABLE. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY STRONG TO SEVERE...BUT NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ALSO...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST MONTH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATURAL STATE. TODAYS RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...BUT A FEW SPOTS THAT SEE STORMS MAY RECEIVE AROUND A QUARTER TO UP TO ONE INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST MONTH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATURAL STATE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE RETREATING BACK TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY. SEVERAL STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRAVERSE THE FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE RESULT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT IT APPEARS THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE STATE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME BRIEFLY STRONG BUT AGAIN...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56/59
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 8:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 835 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 ARZ003-012-221420- BOONE-NEWTON- 835 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BOONE AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT... AT 833 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARRISON...BELLEFONTE...PRUITT AND JASPER. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 44
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1050 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 ARZ007-015-016-025-221635- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-SHARP- 1050 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INDEPENDENCE...IZARD...JACKSON AND SHARP COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM IMBODEN TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAVE CITY TO OXFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ZION...MELBOURNE...HIGHWAY 58 AND 115...GRANGE...GILLIHAN LAKE AND CALAMINE. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 44
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 12:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Searcy | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Prairie | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 41 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.