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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 30, 20135 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2013, 8:10 PM CDT for 5 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: May 30, 2013, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Saline County, AR

The radar

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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 May 30, 2:03 PM CDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:03 PM CDT, 6 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 7:22 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 7:28 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
728 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ARZ031-032-039-310115-
CONWAY AR-FAULKNER AR-PERRY AR-
728 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PERRY...
FAULKNER AND SOUTHEASTERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOAD SUCK...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CONWAY...             WOOSTER...            TWIN GROVES...
  TOAD SUCK...          SPRINGHILL...         PICKLES GAP...
  MENIFEE...            GUY...                GREENBRIER...
  ENOLA...              HOLLAND...            BEAVER FORK LAKE...
  WOOLLY HOLLOW SP...   SODA VALLEY...        SHADY GROVE...
  ROUND MTN...          REPUBLICAN...         NOGAL...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 130.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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 3537 9239 3521 9217 3497 9251 3508 9266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 222DEG 24KT 3507 9253

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Local storm report, May 30, 7:35 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 7:54 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
754 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0747 PM     HAIL             1 E GLENWOOD            34.33N 93.53W
05/30/2013  E1.00 INCH       PIKE               AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
803 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W PARON               34.77N 92.80W
05/30/2013                   SALINE             AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            CHRUCH WAS REPORTED TO BE DETROYED IN PARON.

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:07 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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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
May 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline	38 min
May 30, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	46 min
May 30, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell	50 min
May 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	47 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Polk, Scott and 1 more	3 hr
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Perry, Pulaski, Saline	30 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline	42 min
May 30, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	34 min
May 30, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring	45 min
May 30, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	44 min
May 30, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	47 min
May 30, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, White	40 min
May 30, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	51 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	60 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	35 min
May 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring	61 min
May 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	45 min
May 30, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	3 hr
May 30, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski	64 min
May 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski	47 min
May 30, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	3 hr
May 30, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant, Saline	52 min
May 30, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	49 min
May 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	45 min
May 30, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	39 min
May 30, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	48 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	47 min
May 30, 10:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike and 5 more	4 hr
May 30, 10:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	36 hr
May 30, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	49 min
May 30, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	40 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	49 min
May 30, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	47 min
May 30, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	50 min
May 30, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	43 min
May 30, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, White	40 min
May 30, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	39 min
May 30, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton	53 min
May 31, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	36 min
May 31, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	61 min
May 31, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, White	48 min
May 31, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	31 min
May 31, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	37 min
May 31, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	46 min
May 31, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	47 min
May 31, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	47 min
May 31, 2:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	6 hr
May 31, 2:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more	3 hr
May 31, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	45 min
May 31, 3:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Izard, Pope, Searcy, Stone and 1 more	5 hr
May 31, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	63 min
May 31, 3:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Stone, White and 1 more	5 hr
May 31, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	43 min
May 31, 3:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline	62 min
May 31, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	43 min
May 31, 6:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	28 hr
May 31, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	26 hr
May 31, 12:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	15 days

Nearby

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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.