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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 14, 2014Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 1:38 AM CDT for Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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: Apr 14, 2014, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2014, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 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

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 544 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 713 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.2

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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 Apr 14, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 6:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
630 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141015-
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-
630 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES AND BRING
RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO ARKANSAS. ISOLATED STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN.
SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO BE ELEVATED AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...AND BE 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING.

THIS EVENING...MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE STATE...AND LAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...UNTIL A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE IN THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS BUT THE
TORNADO THREAT CAN NOT BE DISCOUNTED UNTIL THE COLD FRONT FINALLY
MOVES THROUGH.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A GENERAL ONE TO ONE AND A
HALF INCH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONDAY MORNING AND
FINALLY CLEAR THE STATE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE FRONT FINALLY CLEARS THE STATE.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS MONDAY NIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH AND
WEST. PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAYBE NEEDED THIS EVENING TO EARLY IN THE
OVERNIGHT.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 11:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1107 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

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

1030 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N BIGELOW             35.03N 92.63W
04/13/2014                   PERRY              AR   STORM CHASER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN ROADWAY.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 13, 11:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1117 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

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

1108 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW CABOT              34.99N 92.04W
04/13/2014  E50 MPH          LONOKE             AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            50 MPH WIND GUST OCCURRED 1 MILE NORTH OF GREYSTONE.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 13, 11:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1143 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

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

1108 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEEBE                   35.07N 91.89W
04/13/2014                   WHITE              AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 12:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1207 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

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

1120 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SEARCY                  35.25N 91.74W
04/13/2014                   WHITE              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MANY TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...WITH SEVERAL OF THE TREES
            LANDING ON HOUSES.

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 12:46 AM CDT, 52 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
Apr 13, 7:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LZK	Clark, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke and 2 more	183 days
Apr 13, 7:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	3 hr
Apr 13, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	44 min
Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	3 hr
Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	51 min
Apr 13, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Prairie, White, Woodruff	3 hr
Apr 13, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	30 min
Apr 13, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Scott, Yell	39 min
Apr 13, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	50 min
Apr 13, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more	48 min
Apr 13, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell	47 min
Apr 13, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Newton, Perry, Pope and 4 more	40 min
Apr 13, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more	37 min
Apr 13, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Stone, Van Buren and 1 more	37 min
Apr 13, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell	47 min
Apr 13, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Montgomery, Perry and 3 more	49 min
Apr 13, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Apr 13, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie and 2 more	48 min
Apr 13, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	30 min
Apr 13, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Pulaski and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 13, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	48 min
Apr 14, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Apr 14, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	44 min
Apr 14, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln and 1 more	41 min
Apr 14, 12:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	56 hr
Apr 14, 12:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	63 hr
Apr 14, 3:58 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 9 more	30 hr
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	6 days
Apr 14, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	30 min
Apr 14, 12:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	31 min
Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	66 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.