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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 18, 2013Drew County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2013, 3:29 PM CDT for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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 18, 2013, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Drew County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2180 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
154 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

ARZ046-047-057-181925-
ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-PRAIRIE AR-
154 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE...WESTERN
MONROE AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ULM...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF STUTTGART...
MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STUTTGART...          CLARENDON...          ULM...
  STUTTGART MUNI ARPT...                      ROE...
  SLOVAK...             FAIRMOUNT...          DUNCAN...
  CASSCOE...            ABERDEEN...

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 3454 9122 3443 9157 3462 9165 3464 9164
      3464 9166 3472 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 071DEG 4KT 3459 9145

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
218 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

ARZ024-182005-
CLEBURNE AR-
218 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLEBURNE COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM
CDT...

AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORD...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HEBER SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEBER SPRINGS...      CONCORD...            WILBURN...
  IDA...                DRASCO...             DAM SITE MARINA...
  BROWNSVILLE...

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 3541 9203 3563 9214 3571 9192 3564 9181
      3551 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 062DEG 7KT 3560 9190

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner32 min
Jul 18, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, White35 min
Jul 18, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite33 min
Jul 18, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner29 min
Jul 18, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson28 min
Jul 18, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp44 min
Jul 18, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas32 min
Jul 18, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe31 min
Jul 18, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne47 min
Jul 18, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie29 min
Jul 18, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie24 min
Jul 18, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew29 min
Jul 18, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie34 min
Jul 18, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff46 min
Jul 18, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCalhoun45 min
Jul 18, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark28 min
Jul 18, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark32 min
Jul 18, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJackson31 min
Jul 18, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp28 min
Jul 18, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp30 min
Jul 18, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp47 min
Jul 18, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJackson29 min
Jul 18, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson29 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.