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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2013, 5:29 AM CDT for Boone County, 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Boone County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
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 Aug 8, 5:18 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 5:18 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:00 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091000- 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- 500 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY WILL SEE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES. AS SUCH...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. GIVEN THE HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS CURRENTLY IN PLACE...ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES REMAINING ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS A FRONT APPROACHES THE STATE...AND BRINGS INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND RAIN CHANCES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN A CONCERN WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1253 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
ARZ007-015-016-080640-
INDEPENDENCE AR-IZARD AR-SHARP AR-
1253 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHARP...SOUTHEASTERN
IZARD AND NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CAVE CITY TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GID...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STELLA... SIDNEY... MT PLEASANT...
GID... CUSHMAN... CAVE CITY...
SANDTOWN... SAGE... PFEIFFER...
MAXVILLE... LAFFERTY... JAMES...
GRANGE... GAINESBORO... CURIA...
CORD... CHARLOTTE... AETNA...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3578 9128 3581 9182 3606 9191 3603 9140
3593 9134 3590 9135 3589 9132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 318DEG 6KT 3592 9151 3595 9188
56Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 220 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ARZ014-016-024-025-080805- CLEBURNE AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-JACKSON AR-STONE AR- 220 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE...CENTRAL JACKSON...CENTRAL INDEPENDENCE AND NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWARK TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BATESVILLE... SALADO... OIL TROUGH... NEWARK... MOOREFIELD... MAGNESS... JACKSONPORT... CONCORD... SULPHUR ROCK... ROSIE... PFEIFFER... MARCELLA... MACKS... LOCUST GROVE... JAMES... HUTCHINSON... HUFF... GAINESBORO... 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 3559 9129 3561 9197 3582 9210 3585 9133 TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 313DEG 10KT 3575 9139 3570 9196 58
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 235 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ARZ003-080820- BOONE AR- 235 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM CDT... AT 233 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF HARRISON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WININGTON... WILLIS... SELF... ROBERSON HOLLOW... OMAHA... MYRTLE... LEAD HILL... DIAMOND CITY... SOUTH LEAD HILL... BURLINGTON... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3650 9289 3633 9289 3633 9329 3648 9330 TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 265DEG 16KT 3644 9314 56
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 242 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ARZ016-025-080800- INDEPENDENCE AR-JACKSON AR- 242 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL JACKSON AND EASTERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SWIFTON TO 6 MILES NORTH OF JACKSONPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEWPORT... TUCKERMAN... SWIFTON... GRUBBS... DIAZ... STEGALL... KENYON... HALE... ELGIN... CAMPBELL STATION... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3558 9104 3559 9129 3583 9133 3584 9104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 316DEG 16KT 3573 9107 3571 9130 58
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
300 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
ARZ014-016-024-025-033-080830-
CLEBURNE AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-JACKSON AR-STONE AR-WHITE AR-
300 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WHITE...SOUTHEASTERN
STONE...JACKSON...SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE AND NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...
AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TUCKERMAN TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OIL TROUGH TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CONCORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWPORT... TUCKERMAN... SWIFTON...
PLEASANT PLAINS... OIL TROUGH... NEWARK...
MAGNESS... JACKSONPORT... GRUBBS...
DIAZ... ALGOA... CONCORD...
THIDA... SULPHUR ROCK... STEGALL...
ROSIE... ROOSEVELT... POSSUM GRAPE...
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 3552 9104 3546 9142 3548 9186 3580 9207
3574 9160 3586 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 333DEG 16KT 3573 9113 3558 9147
3569 9186
58Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:02 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Marion | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Izard | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 18 min |
| Aug 8, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 6:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence | 10 days |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Randolph | 36 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 5 more | 45 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Searcy | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion, Searcy | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Izard, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Stone | 48 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.