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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2018, 4:44 PM CST for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Monroe County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
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 Feb 24, 4:00 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 4:00 PM CST, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 203 PM CST Sat Feb 24 2018 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-252015- 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- 203 PM CST Sat Feb 24 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will remain possible through tonight as a strong storm system moves through the state. There is a potential of severe weather this afternoon and early this evening. A fast moving line of storms is expected, with strong to damaging winds possible. Some storms may show signs of rotation, and this could lead to isolated tornadoes. Rain will be heavy at times, especially in northern and central sections of the state. Rainfall totals from one to two inches will be common, with locally higher amounts. In the southeast, half inch to inch amounts are in the forecast. Given recent heavy to excessive rain, any additional precipitation will aggravate high water issues that already exist across much of the area. Gusty south to southwest winds are expected in the southern and eastern counties through this evening. Wind speeds will average 15 to 25 mph, and gusts could exceed 30 mph in places. Caution is advised on areas lakes. Most precipitation will end tonight, with drier air building into the region. Showers may linger in the southeast overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday Through Friday Additional heavy rainfall will be possible by the middle of next week as showers and thunderstorms return to the forecast. Severe weather may also become a concern as well. However, details regarding the heavy rainfall and severe weather threat remain uncertain this far out. Even so...river flooding will likely be continuing from the current heavy rain event. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will be needed today in anticipation of severe weather expected across the area this afternoon through the evening hours. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 24, 1:58 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
158 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM TSTM WND GST MENA 34.59N 94.24W
02/24/2018 E60 MPH POLK AR AMATEUR RADIO
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK1800085
55Local storm report, Feb 24, 3:25 PM CST, 1 hour 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke and 5 more | 5 hr |
| 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, 4:54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.