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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 4, 20159 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2015, 2:11 AM CDT for 9 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: Jul 4, 2015, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Ouachita County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 2134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
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 Jul 4, 12:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:20 AM CDT, 51 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
Jul 3, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	44 min
Jul 3, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope	36 min
Jul 3, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	27 min
Jul 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	30 min
Jul 3, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	45 min
Jul 4, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln	55 min
Jul 4, 1:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	3 hr
Jul 4, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln	58 min
Jul 4, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Drew, Ouachita	56 min
Jul 4, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more	59 min
Jul 4, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Ouachita	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more	59 min
Jul 4, 5:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more	115 min
Jul 4, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	58 min
Jul 4, 7:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 5 more	3 hr
Jul 4, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Nevada, Ouachita	63 hr
Jul 4, 10:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 4 more	3 hr
Jul 4, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	9 days
Jul 4, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Union	11 days
Jul 4, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	42 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.