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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2015, 4:11 PM CDT for Johnson County, Logan 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
- Jul 5, 2015, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 5, 2:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 8:48 AM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 848 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-061000- 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- 848 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MAINLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM MAY BE SEEN...BUT OVERALL COVERAGE AND POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE COMING WEEK...AS A FEW MORE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES CROSS ARKANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. BY MID WEEK...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST...AND RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS ARKANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 59
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1117 AM CDT SUN JUL 05 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 AM FLASH FLOOD MCGEHEE 33.63N 91.39W
07/05/2015 DESHA AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MCGEHEE.
&&
55Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1203 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ARZ057-064-065-051725- ARKANSAS AR-DESHA AR-LINCOLN AR- 1203 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LINCOLN...CENTRAL DESHA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR DUMAS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROHWER... DUMAS... YANCOPIN... WATSON... MITCHELLVILLE... LUCCA LANDING... KELSO... BACK GATE... REED... PICKENS... 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 3369 9118 3387 9157 3398 9156 3393 9106 TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 286DEG 20KT 3390 9149 55
Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Ouachita | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton, Searcy | 3 hr |
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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.