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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 28, 2010Montgomery County, Polk County, Scott County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2010, 1:08 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Polk County, Scott 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: Jun 28, 2010, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Montgomery County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jun 28, 12:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 7:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
753 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-291000-
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-
753 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS TODAY AND
EARLY TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FRONT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS
REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY... BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:41 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

ARZ040-281820-
POLK-
1241 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK COUNTY UNTIL 120 PM CDT...

AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHERRY HILL TO 8
MILES WEST OF COVE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

ALSO...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL 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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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk	48 min
Jun 28, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	46 min
Jun 28, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	46 min
Jun 28, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	23 min
Jun 28, 5:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Van Buren	115 min
Jun 28, 6:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Ouachita	115 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2010 Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.