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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 13, 2010Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2010, 3:48 AM CDT for Independence County, Jackson 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
Jul 13, 2010, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2010, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2010-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2010-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson, White, Woodruff2 hr
Jul 12, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Newton44 min
Jul 12, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton42 min
Jul 13, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy42 min
Jul 13, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren40 min
Jul 13, 1:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKWhite50 min
Jul 13, 1:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone3 hr
Jul 13, 1:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy3 hr
Jul 13, 1:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone3 hr
Jul 13, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren112 min
Jul 13, 6:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone, Marion3 hr
Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more52 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2010Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.