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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 15, 2015Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT for Newton 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
Jun 15, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Newton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:01 AM CDT, 17 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
501 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161015-
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-
501 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AND TONIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF ANY STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN
LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE REGION WILL KEEP RAIN
CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
AFTERNOONS TO EVENINGS. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS INITIALLY...THEN SPREAD TO MUCH OF THE
STATE OVER THE WEEK. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY
FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL
SYSTEM THAT WILL EFFECT THE REGION. IT WILL INITIALLY MOVE INTO
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY...THEN
GRADUALLY MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION BY WEEKS END.

AT THIS TIME...ONLY AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WOULD BE
POSSIBLE INITIALLY...BUT THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL GRADUALLY
INCREASE AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER
WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL AGAIN ELEVATE LEVELS ON AREA
RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER
SITUATION DUE TO THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM ON THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 3:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLZKBaxter, Conway, Fulton, Garland, Izard, Marion and 4 more3 days
Jun 16, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKPerry8 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.