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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2015, 9:01 AM CDT for Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 20, 2015, 4:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2015, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2015, 4:41 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Clark County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Ouachita River at Arkadelphia (AKDA4).
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07360000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 20, 6:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211000- 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 WED MAY 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE CHANCES OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. THE ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT EAST OF ARKANSAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WE CAN EXPECT A BRIEF RESPITE IN THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM EVENTUALLY SHIFT EAST OF ARKANSAS LATER ON FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...A NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL FORM TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE SLOWED BY A STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE TO THE EAST...ALLOWING MOISTURE TO BUILD FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS. EVENTUALLY...THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL GO UP...AND RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THIS POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN EVENT WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED AND RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH. IF THE EVENT MATERIALIZES...FLASH FLOODING AND MORE RIVER FLOODING WILL BECOME CONCERNS. .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. 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 5:01 AM CDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
501 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
ARZ022-031-032-038-039-042>044-054-055-201045-
CONWAY AR-FAULKNER AR-GARLAND AR-GRANT AR-HOT SPRING AR-PERRY AR-POPE
AR-PULASKI AR-SALINE AR-YELL AR-
501 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN YELL...
SALINE...WESTERN PULASKI...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN POPE...EASTERN
PERRY...NORTHEASTERN HOT SPRING...NORTHWESTERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN
GARLAND...SOUTHWESTERN FAULKNER AND SOUTHERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL
545 AM CDT...
AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PETIT JEAN
STATE PARK TO 2 MILES NORTH OF LAKE SYLVIA TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAKE WINONA TO 4 MILES EAST OF LAKE BALBOA TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOT SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST LITTLE ROCK... SW LITTLE ROCK... PERRYVILLE...
MORRILTON... MAUMELLE... LAKE MAUMELLE...
CONWAY... BRYANT... BENTON...
LAKE CATHERINE... WOOSTER... WILLIAMS JUNCTION...
TULL... TRASKWOOD... TOAD SUCK...
SHANNON HILLS... SEQUOYA PARK... ROLAND...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 133.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 151.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 430 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 630 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 7.
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 3521 9243 3496 9231 3479 9229 3469 9232
3441 9255 3440 9308 3463 9292 3478 9288
3490 9290 3516 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 267DEG 30KT 3511 9289 3491 9279
3478 9276 3465 9281 3448 9296
44Special weather statement, May 20, 5:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
538 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
ARZ031>033-039-043>045-055-056-201125-
CONWAY AR-FAULKNER AR-GRANT AR-JEFFERSON AR-LONOKE AR-PERRY
AR-PULASKI AR-SALINE AR-WHITE AR-
538 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITE...SOUTHEASTERN
SALINE...PULASKI...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PERRY...NORTHWESTERN
LONOKE...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHERN
FAULKNER AND SOUTHEASTERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...
AT 536 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
MENIFEE TO NEAR MAYFLOWER TO 2 MILES NORTH OF WEST LITTLE ROCK TO
NEAR OTTER CREEK TO NEAR HASKELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST LITTLE ROCK... SW LITTLE ROCK... SHERWOOD...
N LITTLE ROCK ARPT... NORTH LITTLE ROCK... MAUMELLE...
LITTLE ROCK AFB... JACKSONVILLE...
DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK... CONWAY...
CABOT... BRYANT... BENTON...
WRIGHTSVILLE... WOOSTER... VILONIA...
TULL... TRASKWOOD...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 142.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 171.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 430 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 630 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.
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 3523 9210 3497 9195 3483 9194 3470 9197
3445 9215 3444 9269 3467 9255 3479 9252
3495 9252 3519 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 267DEG 30KT 3514 9248 3495 9240
3480 9239 3467 9244 3449 9260
44Local storm report, May 20, 6:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
604 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 AM FLASH FLOOD CAULKSVILLE 35.30N 93.87W
05/20/2015 LOGAN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HWY 22 NEAR CAULKSVILLE.
&&
65Local storm report, May 20, 6:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan, Scott | 46 min |
| May 20, 2:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott, Yell | 47 min |
| May 20, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 3 hr |
| May 20, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 47 min |
| May 20, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland, Perry | 45 min |
| May 20, 5:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 44 min |
| May 20, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 20, 5:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 20, 6:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Van Buren, Yell | 3 hr |
| May 20, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| May 20, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 8 days |
| May 20, 8:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 4 days |
| May 20, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 36 hr |
| May 20, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 54 hr |
| May 20, 4:34 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 36 hr |
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River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2015Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.