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Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS Little Rock, AR

September 16, 20099 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2009, 7:33 AM CDT for 9 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
Sep 16, 2009, 7:33 AM CDT (12:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2009, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Garland County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

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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 Sep 16, 6:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 6:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 5:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-170945-
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 SEP 16 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING
OVER ARKANSAS...AS THE UPPER AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS
BRING RAIN TO THE AREA. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...AS WELL AS HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS...WITH A
LESSER DEGREE OVER NORTH ARKANSAS. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING
MORE AND MORE SATURATED...AND MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS EXTENDED RAIN EVENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN AFFECT FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS
THROUGH THURSDAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS IF FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. THE TREAT FOR ANY STRONG OR
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL GRADUALLY LOWER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS
WELL AS INTO THE WEEKEND...AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM OVER ARKANSAS IS
EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE OF
RAIN WILL STILL BE IN THE FORECAST...BUT THE AMOUNT AND COVERAGE
WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN THIS WEEK. THE THREAT FOR ANY STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY FLOODING WILL BE
MONITORED.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
345 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

ARZ022-030-031-038-039-160945-
CONWAY-LOGAN-PERRY-POPE-YELL-
345 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CONWAY...LOGAN...PERRY...POPE AND
YELL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 343 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS...PRODUCING MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY
RAIN. THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED AND THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. LOCALIZED MINOR
FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE AREA HAS RECEIVED AROUND ONE INCH OF
RAIN OVER THE LAST HOUR OR TWO...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL
POTENTIALLY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. AREA WILL MOVE WEST AT 20 MPH.

ANY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW
LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED
VISIBILITY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
350 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

ARZ016-024-025-032>034-161020-
CLEBURNE-FAULKNER-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
350 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CLEBURNE...FAULKNER...
INDEPENDENCE...JACKSON...WHITE AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES UNTIL 520 AM
CDT...

AT 349 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...
PRODUCING MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN. THE GROUND IS VERY
SATURATED AND THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE.
THE AREA HAS RECEIVED AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN OVER THE LAST HOUR OR
TWO...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL POTENTIALLY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING.
THE AREA IS MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE
TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 5:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson4 hr
Sep 16, 12:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and 1 more2 hr
Sep 16, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White, Woodruff2 hr
Sep 16, 6:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie and 4 more3 hr
Sep 16, 6:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKSaline48 hr
Sep 16, 7:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White, Woodruff4 hr
Sep 16, 7:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Pope, Stone and 2 more4 hr
Sep 16, 8:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKPerry5 days
Sep 16, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKClark, Hot Spring22 hr
Sep 16, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKCalhoun, Ouachita22 hr
Sep 16, 10:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, White, Yell114 min
Sep 16, 12:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White3 hr
Sep 16, 2:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring30 hr
Sep 16, 2:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKYell4 days
Sep 16, 2:20 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKYell17 hr
Sep 16, 2:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff3 hr
Sep 16, 3:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and 2 more3 hr
Sep 16, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Perry and 6 more2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.