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Flash Flood Warning 139, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 21, 201113 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Nov 21, 2011, 7:54 PM CST for 13 counties in 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: Nov 21, 2011, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 21, 2011, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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 Nov 21, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 21, 1:20 PM CST, 6 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 21, 4:44 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
444 PM CST MON NOV 21 2011

ARZ056-057-064-212315-
ARKANSAS AR-JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR-
444 PM CST MON NOV 21 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST...

AT 440 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODVILLE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAR
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AROUND PEA SIZE...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODVILLE...          RICHARDSON...
  LITTLE BAYOU METO PARK...                   LINWOOD...
  LANGFORD...           GRADY...              GILLETT...
  ENGLISH LAKE...       DOUGLAS...            DE WITT...
  ALMYRA...             VARNER...             SWAN LAKE...
  STAPLE...             SARASSA...            REYDELL...
  MOSCOW...             LODGE CORNER...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!

LAT...LON 3454 9144 3420 9110 3399 9156 3416 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 241DEG 25KT 3412 9165

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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
Nov 21, 6:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	28 min
Nov 21, 6:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	3 hr
Nov 21, 8:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Nov 21, 8:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	25 min
Nov 21, 8:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	33 min
Nov 21, 9:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	26 min
Nov 21, 9:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Saline and 2 more	3 hr
Nov 21, 9:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Scott	25 min
Nov 21, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pike	22 min
Nov 21, 9:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	34 min
Nov 21, 10:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Yell	25 min
Nov 21, 10:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Newton and 7 more	3 hr
Nov 21, 11:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Montgomery, Pike, Polk	35 min
Nov 21, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline	24 min
Nov 21, 11:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	35 min
Nov 22, 12:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	45 min
Nov 22, 12:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Saline and 2 more	4 hr
Nov 22, 12:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	57 min
Nov 22, 1:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	30 hr
Nov 22, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Logan, Perry, Pope and 5 more	2 hr
Nov 22, 9:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	47 hr
Nov 22, 9:48 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	23 hr
Nov 22, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	72 hr
Nov 22, 11:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	6 days
Nov 22, 11:06 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence, Jackson	71 hr
Nov 22, 11:07 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	24 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.