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Flash Flood Warning 123, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 25, 20155 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 7:05 AM CST for 5 counties in 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: Dec 25, 2015, 7:05 AM CST (13:05 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2015, 10:30 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 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 Dec 25, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 5:00 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 25, 2:46 AM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 2:59 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 25, 3:51 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST, 5 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
Dec 24, 11:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha, Drew	50 min
Dec 25, 12:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	28 min
Dec 25, 12:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	25 min
Dec 25, 12:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Lincoln	50 min
Dec 25, 12:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	29 min
Dec 25, 1:06 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 2 more	3 hr
Dec 25, 1:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Ouachita	37 min
Dec 25, 1:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	51 min
Dec 25, 2:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun	46 min
Dec 25, 3:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 2 more	4 hr
Dec 25, 11:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	4 days
Dec 25, 11:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	5 days
Dec 25, 11:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	6 days
Dec 25, 11:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	19 days
Dec 25, 11:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	5 days
Dec 25, 11:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	6 days
Dec 25, 11:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	4 days
Dec 25, 12:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	15 days
Dec 25, 12:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Union	38 days
Dec 25, 1:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	9 days
Dec 25, 1:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	12 days
Dec 25, 1:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	11 days
Dec 25, 1:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pulaski	10 days
Dec 25, 1:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	12 days
Dec 25, 1:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	12 days
Dec 25, 1:41 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	24 days

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.