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Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 11, 20094 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2009, 2:33 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2009, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2009, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Pike County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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 Aug 10, 6:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:00 AM CDT, 21 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111000-
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 MON AUG 10 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT OVER MISSOURI THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH
TODAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED...STORMS COULD BRING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

DUE TO HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION...HEAT INDEX READINGS
WILL REMAIN A CONCERN. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 95 TO 105 DEGREES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. INDIVIDUALS WORKING
OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM HEAT
RELATED ILLNESSES...BY TAKING FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINKING PLENTY OF
WATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX MONDAY
NIGHT...AND IF THIS COMPLEX FORMS...STORMS WILL MOVE INTO ARKANSAS
EARLY TUESDAY. IF THE STORMS DEVELOP...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH
RAIN CHANCES CONTINUING. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK...BEFORE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REENTER FOR
FORECAST LATE IN THE WEEKEND...AS GULF MOISTURE MOVES NORTH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY.

&&

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry44 min
Aug 10, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan54 min
Aug 10, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White57 min
Aug 10, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Logan3 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.