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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 26, 20154 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 7:11 PM CDT for 4 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
Jun 26, 2015, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Faulkner County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR

The radar

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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 Jun 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
245 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE STATE WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT.
CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ALONG AN INSTABILITY AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH
AN ADVANCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST
KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ALL SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN
GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND A BLEND OF FORECAST SOLUTIONS IS
PREFERRED.

BOUNDARY IS FORECASTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE
THIS EVENING BEFORE CLEARING THE STATE EARLY SATURDAY. AS FRONT SAGS
TO THE SOUTH...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME
OF THE STORMS COULD SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING WITH A GENERAL
HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH RAIN EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVIER
AMOUNTS WILL IMPOSSIBLE NEAR AND NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE FOR THE WEEKEND BEHIND THE
FRONT. UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES HIGHLY AMPLIFIED WITH A SPRAWLING
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND SUBSEQUENT DOWNSTREAM
TROFFING COVERING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION. THIS WILL RESULT
IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS SETTLING IN
WITH TEMPERATURES 10 DEGREES OR MORE COOLER VERSUS WHAT THE AREA HAS
EXPERIENCED THE PAST WEEK.

UPPER FLOW WILL ALLOW ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH ON
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH MINIMAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES EXPECTED.
MAV/MEX NUMBERS LOOK GOOD AND ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED.
&&

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
WEAK NW FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE STATE AT THE START OF THE
LONG TERM PERIOD WITH A TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND A
RIDGE OVER THE SWRN CONUS. EVEN WITH THIS WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT...FLOW
NEAR THE SFC WILL REMAIN SRLY...WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO REMAIN
AROUND NORMAL. WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL KEEP SOME RAIN CHANCES
IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE WEEK WHEN ANOTHER FRONT
MOVES CLOSER TO THE STATE. HOWEVER...KEEP POPS IN THE LOW CHANCE
CATEGORY EACH DAY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT FORCING MECHANISMS EXPECTED
UNTIL THU NIGHT. EVEN THEN...TIMING DIFFERENCES ALSO KEEP POPS FROM
GETTING TOO HIGH AT THIS TIME. OVERALL...THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT LOOKS
TO REMAIN AT BAY FOR NOW THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH NEAR
NORMAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     66  83  63  85 /  60  10   0  10
CAMDEN AR         72  87  66  90 /  60  30  10   0
HARRISON AR       62  80  61  83 /  50  10   0  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    70  86  66  88 /  60  10   0   0
LITTLE ROCK   AR  70  86  68  88 /  60  10   0   0
MONTICELLO AR     72  85  66  88 /  60  40  10   0
MOUNT IDA AR      69  85  63  87 /  60  10   0   0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  64  81  61  84 /  60  10   0  10
NEWPORT AR        67  84  65  86 /  60  10   0   0
PINE BLUFF AR     71  84  67  87 /  60  20  10   0
RUSSELLVILLE AR   68  85  65  87 /  60  10   0   0
SEARCY AR         68  84  65  86 /  60  10   0   0
STUTTGART AR      70  84  68  87 /  60  20   0   0
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...62 / LONG TERM...56
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:00 AM CDT, 14 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-271000-
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-
500 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE NATURAL STATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS.
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF
ARKANSAS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
126 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

ARZ006-007-015-261855-
FULTON AR-IZARD AR-SHARP AR-
126 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SHARP...NORTHERN IZARD
AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
MELBOURNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MELBOURNE...          ASH FLAT...           OXFORD...
  MYRON...              LACROSSE...           HORSESHOE BEND...
  FRANKLIN...           BALLARD...            ZION...
  WISEMAN...            VIOLET HILL...        UNION...
  SAGE...               LARKIN...             EVENING SHADE...
  BROCKWELL...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!

LAT...LON 3623 9152 3601 9156 3608 9204 3629 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 277DEG 23KT 3615 9191

62
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
135 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

ARZ003-004-012-013-261920-
BOONE AR-MARION AR-NEWTON AR-SEARCY AR-
135 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...
NORTHWESTERN SEARCY...NORTHEASTERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JASPER...             WESTERN GROVE...      SAINT JOE...
  PRUITT...             POINT PETER...        PIERCETOWN...
  MARSENA...            EULA...               ERBIE...
  DUFF...               CARVER...             YARDELLE...
  WOOLUM RECREATION AREA...                   VENDOR...
  SNOWBALL...           SILVER HILL...        PINDALL...
  PARTHENON...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3610 9270 3586 9274 3596 9330 3614 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 278DEG 20KT 3603 9318

56
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
234 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

ARZ016-262005-
INDEPENDENCE AR-
234 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF CUSHMAN...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BATESVILLE...         MOOREFIELD...         SULPHUR ROCK...
  SANDTOWN...           PFEIFFER...           JAMES...
  GAINESBORO...         CURIA...              CHARLOTTE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!

LAT...LON 3572 9139 3579 9178 3591 9175 3594 9147
      3589 9146 3589 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 273DEG 16KT 3585 9168

62
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
254 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

ARZ013-021-022-262025-
JOHNSON AR-POPE AR-SEARCY AR-
254 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SEARCY...
NORTHERN POPE AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BERTHA...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOLO...               SMYRNA...             SIMPSON...
  TREAT...              LONG POOL CAMPGROUND...
  BAYOU BLUFF CAMPGROUND...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!

LAT...LON 3573 9291 3548 9291 3556 9326 3566 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 268DEG 19KT 3562 9316

226
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
257 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

ARZ012-021-262025-
JOHNSON AR-NEWTON AR-
257 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND NORTHERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF HORSEHEAD LAKE...OR 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROSETTA...            MINERAL SPGS REC AREA...
  DEVILS KNOB...        YALE...
  WOLF PEN CAMPGROUND...                      SALUS...
  OZONE...              OARK...               HILLCREST...
  HIGH BANK...          FRILEY...             FALLSVILLE...
  CATALPA...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!

LAT...LON 3577 9370 3577 9369 3577 9353 3579 9352
      3579 9327 3552 9330 3561 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 280DEG 20KT 3568 9361

226
Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:48 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline63 min
Jun 26, 8:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMontgomery2 hr
Jun 26, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike105 min
Jun 27, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita46 min

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.