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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Oct 9, 2009, 1:39 AM CDT for 19 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 9, 2009, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2009, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Yell County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 Oct 9, 12:42 AM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 12:42 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 5:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 530 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091000- 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- 530 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WAS CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH A WARM FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. VERY MOIST AIR WAS LOCATED ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS. WITH HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS BECOMING THREATS. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHERE LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS HIGHEST...AND INSTABILITY IS GREATEST JUST SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. ALSO...WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE STATE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE LIKELY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH ISOLATED LOCALIZED SIX INCH AMOUNTS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 51/62/60
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 9:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 958 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ARZ003>005-012>014-090355- BAXTER-BOONE-MARION-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE- 958 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BAXTER...BOONE...MARION...NEWTON... SEARCY AND STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1055 PM CDT... AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING OVER BOONE...BAXTER... MARION COUNTIES...AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. 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. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK 59
Local storm report, Oct 8, 10:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1016 PM CDT THU OCT 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1013 PM FLASH FLOOD HARRISON 36.24N 93.12W
10/08/2009 BOONE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN HARRISON OFF HWY 65 ARE FLOODING.
A WATER RESCUE HAS BEEN REPORTED THERE.
&&
224Local storm report, Oct 8, 10:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1017 PM CDT THU OCT 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 PM FLASH FLOOD HARRISON 36.24N 93.12W
10/08/2009 BOONE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
COTTONWOOD ROAD NEAR HARRISON IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
224Local storm report, Oct 9, 12:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 8:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 36 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence | 36 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 47 min |
| Oct 8, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Randolph | 72 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence | 8 days |
| Oct 8, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 52 days |
| Oct 8, 10:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Marion | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 50 min |
| Oct 8, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 49 min |
| Oct 8, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 38 min |
| Oct 9, 12:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Johnson, Logan, Marion and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 40 min |
| Oct 9, 1:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Izard, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 42 min |
| Oct 9, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Johnson, Marion, Newton and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 9, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Conway, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Johnson and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 9, 7:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 7:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Independence, Izard and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 28 min |
| Oct 9, 8:31 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Searcy | 22 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Ouachita | 55 min |
| Oct 9, 8:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Johnson, Logan and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Jackson, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 36 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 3 days |
| Oct 9, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Randolph | 23 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Grant, Jefferson and 1 more | 63 min |
| Oct 9, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie | 41 min |
| Oct 9, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 45 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Pope, Yell | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Conway, Perry | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Pulaski | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 54 days |
| Oct 9, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lonoke and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe | 64 min |
| Oct 9, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 34 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 23 hr |
| Oct 9, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Clark, Nevada, Ouachita | 20 hr |
| Oct 9, 11:15 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Yell | 20 hr |
| Oct 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 29 min |
| Oct 9, 2:34 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 16 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:34 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.