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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 10, 20134 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2013, 5:43 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 107 min. 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 10, 2013, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2013, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
107 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Johnson County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 Aug 9, 6:46 PM CDT, 10 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:46 PM CDT, 10 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway23 min
Aug 9, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren51 min
Aug 9, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Van Buren32 min
Aug 10, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton46 min
Aug 10, 3:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy4 hr
Aug 10, 3:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Marion, Searcy and 2 more4 hr
Aug 10, 7:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 6 more3 hr
Aug 10, 7:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Pope and 2 more3 hr
Aug 10, 10:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKWhite, Woodruff12 days
Aug 10, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland26 min
Aug 10, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Lincoln32 min
Aug 10, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew47 min
Aug 10, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery46 min
Aug 10, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell30 min
Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry27 min
Aug 10, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland28 min
Aug 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Yell38 min
Aug 10, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Saline46 min
Aug 10, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell27 min
Aug 10, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland33 min
Aug 10, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring42 min
Aug 10, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline28 min
Aug 10, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring23 min
Aug 10, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring37 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.