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Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS Little Rock, AR
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
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 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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</html>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. 59
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. 59
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. 59
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 5:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 48 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Pope, Stone and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 5 days |
| Sep 16, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 22 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 22 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, White, Yell | 114 min |
| Sep 16, 12:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 30 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 4 days |
| Sep 16, 2:20 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Yell | 17 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Perry and 6 more | 2 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.