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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 18, 2009Faulkner County, Pulaski County, Saline County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2009, 5:35 PM CDT for Faulkner County, Pulaski County, Saline County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 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: Aug 18, 2009, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Faulkner County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 18, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
254 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS THE CWA...WITH THE
STRONGEST ACTIVITY NOTED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST SECTIONS.
THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE LOCATED ACROSS AN AREA OF
LOCALIZED LOW LEVEL FORCING...AND GREATER INSTABILITY.

AGAIN EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION FOR WEDNESDAY...WITH A
PRONOUNCED DIURNAL COMPONENT.

A MORE FOCUSED CONVECTIVE EVENT IS EXPECTED FOR LATE THURSDAY...AS
THE UPPER AIR PATTERN AMPLIFIES OVER THE U.S...AND ALLOWS FOR A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY SHOULD BE SEVERAL
CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING NORTHWEST FLOW TO THE AREA...WITH DRIER AND
COOLER CONDITIONS. BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...UPPER RIDGE WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE EAST...KEEPING DRY WEATHER IN THE FORECAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     73  89  73  87 /  30  40  30  30
CAMDEN AR         74  92  74  92 /  30  30  30  20
HARRISON AR       71  89  72  84 /  30  40  40  40
HOT SPRINGS AR    74  92  74  90 /  30  40  30  30
LITTLE ROCK   AR  74  91  75  90 /  30  40  30  30
MONTICELLO AR     75  91  75  93 /  30  30  30  20
MOUNT IDA AR      73  92  73  90 /  30  40  30  30
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  71  88  71  85 /  30  40  40  40
NEWPORT AR        74  89  74  88 /  30  40  30  30
PINE BLUFF AR     75  91  75  92 /  30  30  30  30
RUSSELLVILLE AR   73  90  73  87 /  30  40  30  30
SEARCY AR         74  90  74  89 /  30  40  30  30
STUTTGART AR      75  91  75  91 /  30  30  30  30
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...55 / LONG TERM...58

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 9:20 AM CDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 1:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
336 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009

ARZ016-024-025-033-182105-
CLEBURNE-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-WHITE-
336 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CLEBURNE...INDEPENDENCE...JACKSON
AND WHITE COUNTIES UNTIL 405 PM CDT...

AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SWIFTON TO 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEWARK TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOOREFIELD TO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CONCORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MAGNESS...TUCKERMAN...PLEASANT
PLAINS AND OIL TROUGH.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK

56

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
344 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009

ARZ032-033-044-045-182125-
FAULKNER-LONOKE-PULASKI-WHITE-
344 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FAULKNER...LONOKE...PULASKI AND
WHITE COUNTIES UNTIL 425 PM CDT...

AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VILONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT OTTO AND VILONIA..

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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Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	47 min
Aug 18, 4:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	3 hr
Aug 18, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White	21 min
Aug 18, 4:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Scott	3 hr
Aug 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski	3 hr
Aug 18, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	52 min
Aug 18, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike	44 min
Aug 18, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, White	3 hr
Aug 18, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline	22 min
Aug 18, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	41 min
Aug 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline	104 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.