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Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2015, 6:36 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
- Jul 15, 2015, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cleburne County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Stone County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 3572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 15, 3:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161000- BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD- INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY- FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND- SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT- JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA- CALHOUN-BRADLEY-DREW- 500 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE OVER 100 DEGREES STATEWIDE...WITH A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT. WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON TO EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SEEN. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST...WITH HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUING AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION. HOWEVER...ALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58/59
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 628 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ039-043-044-160015- SALINE AR-PERRY AR-PULASKI AR- 628 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PULASKI...NORTH CENTRAL SALINE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 628 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WYE MOUNTAIN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERRYVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WYE MOUNTAIN...WILLIAMS JUNCTION...ANTIOCH IN PERRY COUNTY... THORNBURG...LONG MOUNTAIN...REFORM...PARON AND OAK GROVE IN PERRY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3497 9273 3488 9252 3467 9278 3491 9294 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 061DEG 10KT 3488 9268 224
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 629 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ003-004-012-013-160015- SEARCY AR-BOONE AR-NEWTON AR-MARION AR- 629 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT THROUGH 715 PM CDT... AT 627 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST BOONE COUNTY AND AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH THE STRONGEST STORM OVER CRAWFORD...OR 11 MILES EAST OF HARRISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARRISON...YELLVILLE...WESTERN GROVE...PYATT...VALLEY SPRINGS... DUGGER...RUSH...CRAWFORD...DUFF...OLVEY...MARSENA...CLARK HILL... POINT PETER...MAUMEE...DODD CITY...SUMMIT...BELLEFONTE...EVERTON... ST. JOE AND PINDALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3614 9247 3586 9278 3618 9320 3637 9287 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 313DEG 11KT 3619 9292 59
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | Pike | 64 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, White | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, White | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 5:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne, Izard, Stone | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Stone | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 6:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 37 min |
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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.