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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 10, 2014Polk County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2014, 11:19 PM CDT for Polk 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 10, 2014, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2014, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Polk County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 10, 7:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 7:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:07 PM CDT, 12 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
Aug 10, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott	34 min
Aug 10, 9:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Scott	2 hr
Aug 10, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	28 min
Aug 11, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	32 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.