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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 13, 2016Arkansas County, Desha County, Drew County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 2016, 9:12 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Desha County, Drew 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2016, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

274 
WGUS54 KLZK 140212
FFWLZK
ARC001-041-043-140515-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0013.160314T0212Z-160314T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
912 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
  DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
  DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
    
* AT 912 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED
  FROM HEAVY RAINFALL SEEN EARLIER THIS MONTH. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MONTICELLO...DUMAS...DERMOTT...ROHWER...GILLETT...ARKANSAS CITY...
  MITCHELLVILLE...TILLAR...WATSON...WINCHESTER...MERRISACH LAKE...
  YANCOPIN...MCGEHEE...OMEGA...LUCCA LANDING...LADELLE...KELSO...TRUSTEN
  HOLDER WMA...PRAIRIE GROVE AND REED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3402 9099 3396 9097 3398 9109 3393 9101
      3384 9107 3378 9099 3377 9115 3368 9103
      3370 9122 3360 9113 3352 9125 3357 9145
      3339 9146 3340 9198 3379 9171 3379 9156
      3398 9155 3400 9142 3413 9144 3409 9087

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas43 min
Mar 13, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland48 min
Mar 13, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, White47 min
Mar 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff46 min
Mar 13, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Pike59 min
Mar 13, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff39 min
Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Drew46 min
Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe46 min
Mar 13, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun40 min
Mar 13, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, White51 min
Mar 13, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski48 min
Mar 13, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWhite28 min
Mar 13, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln50 min
Mar 13, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWoodruff28 min
Mar 13, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White, Woodruff44 min
Mar 13, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Drew43 min
Mar 13, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe38 min
Mar 13, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, White51 min
Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway48 min
Mar 13, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln43 min
Mar 13, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.