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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 8, 2018Garland County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 104 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2018, 6:14 PM CDT
In force
104 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Garland County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 451 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jun 8, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 1:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
134 PM CDT Fri Jun 8 2018

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091000-
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-
134 PM CDT Fri Jun 8 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible in the western
half of Arkansas this afternoon. A storm or two could be strong to
severe, with gusty winds the main concern. Isolated flash flooding
will also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

Isolated afternoon and early evening thunderstorms will be possible
through the middle of next week. Any precipitation will be mainly
confined to northern and eastern sections of the state, or north and
east of Little Rock. The threat of any strong to severe storms is
low. Afternoon heat index values will be in the 90s to around 100
degrees.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

&&

Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:11 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner31 min
Jun 8, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski24 min
Jun 8, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell26 min
Jun 8, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway25 min
Jun 8, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry60 min
Jun 8, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski34 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland32 min
Jun 8, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline27 min
Jun 8, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline27 min
Jun 8, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland23 min
Jun 8, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope36 min
Jun 8, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter50 min
Jun 8, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry26 min
Jun 8, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland36 min
Jun 8, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike24 min
Jun 8, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion49 min
Jun 8, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson23 min
Jun 8, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Yell36 min
Jun 8, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell31 min
Jun 8, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion30 min
Jun 8, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope, Yell103 min
Jun 8, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland41 min
Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter24 min
Jun 8, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike50 min
Jun 8, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant33 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery31 min
Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion30 min
Jun 8, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell27 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan40 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery34 min
Jun 8, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas29 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKHot Spring33 min
Jun 8, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery31 min
Jun 8, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion31 min
Jun 8, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery29 min
Jun 8, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Marion106 min
Jun 8, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan23 min
Jun 8, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant35 min
Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike32 min
Jun 8, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery26 min
Jun 8, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery25 min
Jun 8, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan34 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMontgomery, Scott, Yell2 hr
Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery31 min
Jun 8, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan30 min
Jun 8, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion29 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita28 min
Jun 8, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery32 min
Jun 8, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita35 min
Jun 8, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan29 min
Jun 8, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion27 min
Jun 8, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark31 min

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.