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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 2017, 12:58 AM 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
- May 20, 2017, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 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 May 20, 12:45 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:45 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1245 AM CDT Sat May 20 2017 .AVIATION... Showers and thunderstorms will continue through the early morning hours. The thunderstorms in the northwest will very slowly move east. In the meantime scattered thunderstorms will continue ahead of the large area. Movement will tend to be toward the north. Gusty winds are anticipated in the thunderstorms. Visibility will be reduced to one mile at times. Good chances of thunderstorms will continue today and during the evening. MVFR and IFR conditions will be common. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 630 PM CDT Fri May 19 2017 ) AVIATION... Active weather expected through the period, with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. First wave will be scattered, primarily in the central and north/northeast this evening, then more late tonight, and more during the day Saturday. Prevailing conditions will become MVFR, locally restricted with any heavier precipitation. Winds will primarily be out of the south, except variable and gusty near thunderstorms. PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 236 PM CDT Fri May 19 2017) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Sunday Coverage of SHRA has been a bit more scattered this afternoon compared to the isolated coverage seen on Thu afternoon. Additional...more organized SHRA and some TSRA were ongoing across NE OK. This activity will continue to lift NE into far NW AR and SW MO this afternoon...with a few of the NWRN counties seeing some potential of this activity remaining organized as it moves over that portion of the state. Elsewhere...expected the isolated to scattered SHRA and a few TSRA through the rest of the afternoon and early evening hrs. This evening and overnight...additional convection will become more likely as activity develops to the west and SW in OK...and moves ENE into AR. This will be similar to what happened this morning...just a bit further south. Given the similar setup...do expect some potential for SVR Wx...with damaging winds the primary hazard...especially as the convection develops into a potential bowing complex. Some hail may also be seen...but lesser potential than the wind. There could also be a some brief tornado potential along the leading edge of this bowing line of convection. By sunrise Sat...do expect this overnight convection to be weakening as it pushes east of the CWA. Will see some lingering SHRA/TSRA in the morning across central/SRN sections of the CWA...but then should see a break in the organized convection by around midday. Could still see some scattered SHRA/TSRA during the midday time frame. By the afternoon and early evening hrs...a cold front will move into the state from the NW...with additional SHRA/TSRA expected to develop along/ahead of the front. This front will then push SE through the rest of the CWA by sunrise Sun...with cooler and more stable conditions expected for the rest of Sun. LONG TERM...Sunday Night Through Friday We will enter a brief period of drier weather heading into the start of the new work week. The aforementioned storm system wl be working EWD away fm the AR Sun night, with SFC high pressure working into the region. One thing to watch for Mon into Mon night is the potential for any MCS to the NW of the FA, possibly affecting parts of AR. Have kept the fcst dry for now, but wl continue to watch model trends. Another upr trof/CDFNT wl push thru the area Tue and Tue night, with scattered convection expected. Some residual moisture working arnd the upr trof could produce some lingering rain chances over parts of NERN AR on Wed. Drier conds wl return to close out the work week. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...51
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 10:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1015 PM CDT Fri May 19 2017 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201000- 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- 1015 PM CDT Fri May 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight A line of showers and thunderstorms will move into the state during the overnight hours. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible out ahead of the line as well. Some thunderstorms could be severe, with large hail and damaging winds the primary threats. A tornado or two will also be possible into the early morning hours, primarily with storms ahead of the line. Stronger storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, which could lead to localized flash flooding issues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday Through Thursday Additional thunderstorms will be possible on Saturday...with mainly scattered activity through early Saturday afternoon. A cold front will move southeast through the state Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. Additional organized thunderstorms will be possible along and ahead of this cold front as it moves southeast through the state. Drier and cooler conditions will be seen by Sunday afternoon...with dry conditions persisting through Monday. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation may be needed through tonight. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 62/44/57
In the hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 19, 11:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1105 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
ARZ012-013-200445-
Searcy AR-Newton AR-
1105 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...NEWTON...
NORTHWESTERN SEARCY AND NORTHERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...
At 1105 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Moore, or 16 miles southeast of Jasper, moving north at 30 mph.
Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Jasper... Western Grove...
Carver... Erbie...
Moore... Point Peter...
Eula... Lost Valley State Park...
Piercetown... Walnut...
Pruitt... Upper Buffalo Wilderness Area...
St. Joe... Pindall...
Ben Hur... Bass...
Marble Falls... Yardelle...
Crossroad... Swain...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for western,
central and north central Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3611 9284 3607 9284 3606 9278 3572 9295
3573 9336 3612 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 186DEG 24KT 3578 9307
CavanaughSpecial weather statement, May 19, 11:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1130 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
ARZ003-200515-
Boone AR-
1130 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BOONE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...
At 1129 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Capps, or 3 miles southeast of Alpena, moving north at 30 mph.
Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Harrison... Bergman...
Omaha... Myrtle...
Capps... Roberson Hollow...
Self... Red Bank...
Alpena... Crumpler Subdivision...
Batavia... Bear Creek Springs...
New Hope in Boone County... Hopewell in Boone County...
Ridgeway... Gaither...
Burlington...
A tornado watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for north central
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3650 9301 3649 9296 3612 9309 3615 9330
3632 9330 3650 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 193DEG 16KT 3623 9321
46The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 27 min |
| May 19, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 26 min |
| May 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan, Scott | 49 min |
| May 19, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 40 min |
| May 19, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 45 min |
| May 20, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 49 min |
| May 20, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 14 min |
| May 20, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Van Buren | 41 min |
| May 20, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 36 min |
| May 20, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sharp | 38 min |
| May 20, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sharp | 47 min |
| May 20, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne | 44 min |
| May 20, 4:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White | 3 hr |
| May 20, 7:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 2 hr |
| May 20, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lincoln | 49 min |
| May 20, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 5 days |
| May 20, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 5 days |
| May 20, 11:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | White | 68 hr |
| May 20, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 4 days |
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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.