Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Little Rock, AR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
815 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

.DISCUSSION...

OVERALL TRENDS ARE AS EXPECTED. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEEN
SEEN TODAY...WHILE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL RAIN WITH
THUNDER IS EXPECTED. MAIN CONCERN INITIALLY IS THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER SW AR WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN. CURRENTLY THE UPPER LOW
PRESSURE WAS OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS...AS UPPER ENERGY MOVES
EASTWARD INTO AR AND DEVELOPING THE STORMS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS
DRIFTED A BIT SOUTH...KEEPING THE WARMEST AND MORE MOIST AIR OVER N
LA. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT AND FORECAST INDICATES THIS. SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL ALSO
REMAIN OVER PARTS OF AR...WHILE THE SW WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST
THREAT. WILL FINE TUNE ELEMENTS AS THE EVENING GOES...BUT AT THIS
TIME NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED. (59)

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 605 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016/

.AVIATION...

AREAS OF MVFR AND SCATTERED IFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL MAINLY BE
SEEN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A WARM FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS AR AND DEVELOP SCATTERED TO A TIME NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF FOG...WILL ALSO BE ACROSS AR.
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE SE TO SW AT 5
TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. (59)

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016/

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES OVER THE ROCKIES WITH AN
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS RIDGE IS BLOCKING THE UPPER
LOW FROM MOVING EAST. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY
MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER THE WARM FRONT AND SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS AGAIN OVERNIGHT. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT AS WELL...WITH THE FRONT EXITING
THE EAST PART OF THE STATE SUNDAY MORNING. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS THROUGH
SATURDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO SATURDAY
EVENING.

&&

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT

AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WEEK WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO NORTHWESTERLY
FLOW. THIS WILL DRIVE A WEAK FRONT INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY. WITH
LITTLE MOISTURE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...NOT MUCH IN THE WAY
OF RAIN CHANCES AT THIS TIME. NEXT BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
WILL BE IN THE LATTER PART OF THE LONG TERM WITH A FRONT SLOWING DOWN
AS IT APPROACHES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES TO A FEW
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     64  78  60  78 /  90  60  40  10
CAMDEN AR         67  80  64  84 /  90  70  40  10
HARRISON AR       61  77  55  73 /  90  40  20  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    66  79  61  80 /  90  60  30  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  65  80  63  81 /  90  70  40  10
MONTICELLO AR     67  81  66  83 /  90  70  50  20
MOUNT IDA AR      65  78  59  78 /  90  50  30  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  62  78  57  75 /  90  50  30  10
NEWPORT AR        64  78  62  80 /  90  70  50  20
PINE BLUFF AR     66  80  64  82 /  90  70  50  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   65  79  59  78 /  90  50  30  10
SEARCY AR         65  78  62  80 /  90  70  40  10
STUTTGART AR      66  79  65  81 /  90  70  50  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-
CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT
SPRING-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OUACHITA-PERRY-
PIKE-POLK-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-YELL.

&&

SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM...61

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
645 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301015-
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-
645 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

A STORM SYSTEM KICKING OUT OF THE ROCKIES WILL BRING SEVERE WEATHER
AND FLASH FLOODING TO THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER ROUND
LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS
BUT THE TORNADO THREAT CAN NOT BE DISCOUNTED ENTIRELY.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG STORMS...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A
POSSIBILITY. A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS HAS
ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FROM EARLIER
TODAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA TONIGHT WITH
SEVERAL MORE INCHES EXPECTED LEADING TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
AS SUCH...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING TO START THE DAY
SATURDAY...PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE STATE WITH TIME. THE MAIN
AREA TO WATCH FOR ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WILL BE IN EASTERN
AND SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AS A RESULT. LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO
BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
606 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

ARZ053-054-062-292345-
HOT SPRING AR-DALLAS AR-CLARK AR-
606 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DALLAS...EASTERN CLARK
AND EASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 606 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GUM SPRINGS IN CLARK
COUNTY TO NEAR GURDON TO NEAR WHELEN SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARKADELPHIA...         MALVERN...             GURDON...
ROCKPORT...            CADDO VALLEY...        SPARKMAN...
PERLA...               GUM SPRINGS IN CLARK...
RICHWOODS...
DONALDSON...           FRIENDSHIP...          MAGNET COVE...
CENTRAL...             WILLOW...              VADEN...
SOCIAL HILL...         MANNING...             PINE GROVE...
JOAN...                OUACHITA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3379 9306 3378 9308 3387 9312 3406 9324
      3448 9286 3433 9271 3391 9268 3382 9291
      3382 9293 3380 9294 3377 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 216DEG 29KT 3406 9316 3393 9308 3380 9307

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