Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2018, 3:04 PM CST for 11 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2018, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Perry County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, White County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:41 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Tull, AR | SEVERAL ROAD REPORTED UNDERWATER |
| Feb 24, 4:18 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Indian Head Lake, AR | WATER REPORTED TO BE OVER ROADWAYS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
932
WGUS54 KLZK 242104
FFWLZK
ARC045-051-053-059-069-085-105-117-119-125-145-250000-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0021.180224T2104Z-180225T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
304 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Prairie County in central Arkansas...
Southeastern Perry County in central Arkansas...
Lonoke County in central Arkansas...
Grant County in central Arkansas...
Faulkner County in central Arkansas...
Northwestern Jefferson County in southeastern Arkansas...
White County in central Arkansas...
Eastern Garland County in central Arkansas...
Saline County in central Arkansas...
Pulaski County in central Arkansas...
Eastern Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas...
* Until 600 PM CST
* At 303 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain moving into the warned area. Flash flooding is likely
to occur!
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Little Rock... North Little Rock...
Conway... Hot Springs...
Benton... Sherwood...
Jacksonville... Cabot...
Searcy... West Little Rock...
Maumelle... Bryant...
Hot Springs Village... Malvern...
Downtown Little Rock... Sheridan...
Lonoke... Des Arc...
North Little Rock Airport... Little Rock AFB...
Rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3419 9225 3415 9263 3426 9299 3451 9311
3478 9307 3535 9212 3534 9155 3496 9144
$$
Cooper1 follow-up statement
748
WGUS54 KLZK 242351
FFWLZK
ARC045-051-053-059-069-085-105-117-119-125-145-250200-
/O.EXT.KLZK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180225T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
551 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Prairie County in central Arkansas...
Southeastern Perry County in central Arkansas...
Lonoke County in central Arkansas...
Grant County in central Arkansas...
Faulkner County in central Arkansas...
Northwestern Jefferson County in southeastern Arkansas...
White County in central Arkansas...
Eastern Garland County in central Arkansas...
Saline County in central Arkansas...
Pulaski County in central Arkansas...
Eastern Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas...
* Until 800 PM CST
* At 551 PM CST, local law enforcement reported high water across
the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen.
Flash flooding is already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Little Rock... North Little Rock...
Conway... Hot Springs...
Benton... Sherwood...
Jacksonville... Cabot...
Searcy... West Little Rock...
Maumelle... Bryant...
Hot Springs Village... Malvern...
Downtown Little Rock... Sheridan...
Lonoke... Des Arc...
North Little Rock Airport... Little Rock AFB...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3419 9225 3415 9263 3426 9299 3451 9311
3478 9307 3535 9212 3534 9155 3496 9144
$$
CooperThe office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:06 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Independence and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:27 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 10:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 12:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Polk, Scott | 52 min |
| Feb 24, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 1:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 8 min |
| Feb 24, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 1:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 1:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope, Searcy | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike and 2 more | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 2:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring and 6 more | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone and 1 more | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Van Buren | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 3:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Saline and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone, Van Buren | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and 2 more | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 3:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, White | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 4:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Sharp, Stone, White and 1 more | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 4:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 13 min |
| Feb 24, 5:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Monroe | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 5:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.