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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT for Bradley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
County Bradley County, AR
The radar
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 31, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 408 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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- 408 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT. REMEMBER...HEAVY RAINFALL CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...EVEN IN AREAS EXPERIENCING PROLONGED DROUGHT. WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON AREA BODIES OF WATER AND ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ALSO...TREE LIMBS WEAKENED BY DROUGHT WILL SNAP MORE EASILY...AND THIS COULD CREATE POWER OUTAGES. ALSO ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE COMMON SURROUNDING A TROPICAL SYSTEM. TORNADOES USUALLY FORM IN RAIN BANDS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL TEND TO STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...AND THIS WILL MINIMIZE THE TORNADO CONCERN. THOUGH THE OVERALL THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS LOW...THE GREATEST CHANCES OF SEEING AN ISOLATED TORNADO WOULD BE PRIMARILY EAST OF A LINE FROM HAMPTON TO HARRISON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISAACS REMNANTS WILL CONTINUE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...LINGERING MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK... BEFORE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST BY MID-WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE LOW TORNADO THREAT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 57/51
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 31, 1:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
128 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN STAR CITY 33.94N 91.84W
08/31/2012 M5.39 INCH LINCOLN AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ROHWER 33.77N 91.28W
08/31/2012 M4.99 INCH DESHA AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN MORO BAY 33.31N 92.35W
08/31/2012 M3.79 INCH BRADLEY AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN KELSO 33.80N 91.27W
08/31/2012 M4.74 INCH DESHA AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN FORDYCE 33.82N 92.41W
08/31/2012 M6.10 INCH DALLAS AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN AUGUSTA 35.29N 91.36W
08/31/2012 M3.75 INCH WOODRUFF AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ARKANSAS CITY 33.61N 91.21W
08/31/2012 M5.00 INCH DESHA AR CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW MABELVALE 34.68N 92.42W
08/31/2012 M3.85 INCH PULASKI AR CO-OP OBSERVER
CRYSTAL VALLEY CO OP OBSERVER.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN SEARCY 35.24N 91.73W
08/31/2012 M3.32 INCH WHITE AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN MONTICELLO 33.62N 91.79W
08/31/2012 M4.38 INCH DREW AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN NEWPORT 35.63N 91.24W
08/31/2012 M1.61 INCH JACKSON AR AWOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN RUSSELLVILLE 35.27N 93.14W
08/31/2012 M0.85 INCH POPE AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN MOUNTAIN HOME 36.34N 92.38W
08/31/2012 M1.07 INCH BAXTER AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN PINE BLUFF 34.21N 92.02W
08/31/2012 M7.82 INCH JEFFERSON AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN HARRISON 36.24N 93.12W
08/31/2012 M0.72 INCH BOONE AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN HOT SPRINGS 34.49N 93.05W
08/31/2012 M1.90 INCH GARLAND AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH LITTLE ROCK 34.79N 92.26W
08/31/2012 M2.68 INCH PULASKI AR OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN LITTLE ROCK NATIONAL AI 34.73N 92.23W
08/31/2012 M2.82 INCH PULASKI AR ASOS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 1255 PM.
&&
58Local storm report, Aug 31, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
215 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HEAVY RAIN STEPROCK 35.43N 91.69W
08/31/2012 M5.15 INCH WHITE AR CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 2 PM.
&&
58Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 613 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ARZ063-064-067>069-010000- BRADLEY AR-CALHOUN AR-CLEVELAND AR-DREW AR-LINCOLN AR- 613 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN... NORTHWESTERN DREW...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...EASTERN CALHOUN AND BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF HERMITAGE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WARREN... WILMAR... PLANTERSVILLE... LANARK... LAKE MONTICELLO... HERMITAGE... BRANDON... RYE... ROCK SPRINGS... MONTONGO... JERSEY... FARMVILLE... CORNERVILLE... CARMEL... BANKS... WARREN MUNI ARPT... PATTSVILLE... MT PLEASANT... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3389 9196 3371 9175 3334 9224 3347 9240 TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 224DEG 27KT 3347 9224 56
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 30, 10:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LZK | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 19 min |
| Aug 31, 11:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 3 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.