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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 16, 2010Johnson County, Newton County, Pope County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2010, 1:58 PM CDT for Johnson County, Newton County, Pope County, Arkansas. It was in force for 107 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
Jul 16, 2010, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
107 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Johnson County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 2010-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2101 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 12:00Z on 2010-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 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 Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDT, 19 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDT, 19 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone2 hr
Jul 15, 8:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKNewton, Searcy119 min
Jul 15, 9:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKNewton3 hr
Jul 15, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite46 min
Jul 16, 3:55 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 14 more15 hr
Jul 16, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite31 min
Jul 16, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJackson57 min
Jul 16, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLincoln31 min
Jul 16, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan31 min
Jul 16, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne26 min
Jul 16, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPolk58 min
Jul 16, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha31 min
Jul 16, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas31 min

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.