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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 2010, 1:38 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
- May 20, 2010, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2010, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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 May 20, 12:50 AM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:50 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1230 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201000- 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- 1230 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE...OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES...IS FORECAST TO TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE STORM WILL BRING A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS FRONT THIS EVENING AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. A LARGE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY MORNING. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE A LARGE SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE AS WELL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT STARTING TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND REMAIN VALID THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING...AS THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM FRONT CONTINUES LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. SOME STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS...ALONG WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTH OF ARKANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE STATE DURING THAT TIME...BRINGING WITH IT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT OF THE MID SOUTH LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL FOLLOW...BRINGING WITH IT CONTINUED WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44/56
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 11:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1131 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM HAIL HOLLIS 34.87N 93.12W
05/19/2010 E1.75 INCH PERRY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
46Local storm report, May 20, 12:42 AM CDT, 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Yell | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 51 min |
| May 19, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 43 min |
| May 19, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Saline | 44 min |
| May 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 59 min |
| May 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 40 min |
| May 20, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope | 45 min |
| May 20, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Conway, Fulton, Garland, Izard and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Scott, Yell | 60 min |
| May 20, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 42 min |
| May 20, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 59 min |
| May 20, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Logan, Perry, Pope, Yell | 50 min |
| May 20, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Pulaski and 2 more | 53 min |
| May 20, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 46 min |
| May 20, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Van Buren, White | 63 min |
| May 20, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Independence, Jackson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie and 2 more | 66 min |
| May 20, 7:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 70 hr |
| May 20, 7:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 4 days |
| May 20, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 20 hr |
| May 20, 9:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 2 hr |
| May 20, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence | 7 days |
| May 20, 2:17 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 19 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.