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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Feb 28, 2018, 11:34 PM CST for Hot Spring 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2018, 11:34 PM CST (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2018, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hot Spring County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
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 28, 5:44 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 5:44 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:52 PM CST, 7 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 352 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-012200- 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- 352 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected through the night as the next weather system and cold front move through the region. Rain will be heaviest over central and southern Arkansas where another two to more than four inches of rain could fall. This additional rainfall will only aid in the worsening flood conditions already in place from the most recent heavy rainfall event across the area. There will also be the possibility of isolated severe storms, with hail and winds the main threats. An isolated tornado may also develop. The main threat area will be over the southern half of Arkansas late this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday Through Tuesday Rain will end during the day Thursday. Dry weather is forecast the rest of Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The chances of rain will be back in the forecast Sunday with the next weather system to affect the region. Due to the recent prolonged period of heavy rainfall, river stages are expected to remain high into next week. Flooding will continue in several river basins, including the Black, White, Cache, Ouachita, and Saline Rivers. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation may be necessary late this afternoon and this evening, given the possibility of severe weather. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Feb 28, 10:21 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1021 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 ENE BISMARCK 34.32N 93.15W
02/28/2018 HOT SPRING AR PUBLIC
WATER IS FLOODED OVER HICKORY GROVE RD IN BISMARCK
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK1800103
65Local storm report, Feb 28, 10:32 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1032 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 PM FLASH FLOOD BROOKS 34.57N 92.45W
02/28/2018 SALINE AR PUBLIC
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ONGOING IN AND NEAR THE
COMMUNITIES OF ALEXANDER... SHANNON HILLS... BAUXITE...
SARDIS... AND BRYANT IN SALINE COUNTY.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK1800104
COOPERLocal storm report, Feb 28, 11:21 PM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1121 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1111 PM FLASH FLOOD NW PINEBERGEN 34.10N 91.98W
02/28/2018 JEFFERSON AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SORRELLS ROAD AT OLD WARREN ROAD WAS FLOODED.
&&
57Local storm report, Feb 28, 11:27 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1127 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0926 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NE SHERIDAN 34.34N 92.36W
02/28/2018 GRANT AR DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
9.6 MILES OF HWY 46 NORTHEST OF SHERIDAN CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK1800105
COOPERLocal storm report, Feb 28, 11:29 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1129 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0924 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N PRATTSVILLE 34.33N 92.55W
02/28/2018 GRANT AR DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HWY 291 NORTH OF PRATTSVILLE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK1800106
COOPERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 11 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:02 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:08 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Desha, Drew, Lincoln, Ouachita | 9 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2018Every flash flood warning in 2018
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.