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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 2, 2019Faulkner County, Pulaski County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2019, 12:44 PM CDT for Faulkner County, Pulaski 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
May 2, 2019, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Faulkner County, AR, Pulaski County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2019-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2019-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 2, 6:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:49 AM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
449 AM CDT Thu May 2 2019

ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031000-
Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone-
Izard-Independence-Lawrence-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-
449 AM CDT Thu May 2 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A complex of showers and thunderstorms will continue to move
through the state this morning into the early afternoon hours.
The potential exists for heavy rainfall leading to isolated flash
flooding. One to two inches of rain is expected today. Organized
severe weather is not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Unsettled weather will continue Friday and Saturday, as a front
meanders over Arkansas. Good chances for showers and thunderstorms
will remain in the forecast. Localized flash flooding will be a
concern, but organized severe weather is not expected.

The front will move out of the area later in the weekend. A return
to an unsettled weather pattern will occur by the middle of next
week.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 12:38 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1238 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1228 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HOT SPRINGS             34.49N  93.05W
05/02/2019                   GARLAND            AR   SOCIAL MEDIA

            OBSERVED A VIDEO OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG CENTRAL AVE.
            AT FILES RD. THE INTERSECTION WAS COMPLETELY UNDER WATER
            AND THERE WAS A VEHICLE STRANDED IN THE FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LZK1900033

CAVANAUGH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott35 min
May 1, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan37 min
May 1, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk64 min
May 1, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan, Polk, Scott58 min
May 1, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson46 min
May 1, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery31 min
May 1, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson29 min
May 2, 10:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKRandolph35 hr
May 2, 10:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKPrairie, White, Woodruff24 days
May 2, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Saline2 hr
May 2, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski38 min
May 2, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski28 min
May 2, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLonoke30 min
May 2, 1:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKHot Spring5 hr
May 2, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White37 min
May 2, 2:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLonoke, White29 min
May 2, 2:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, White3 hr
May 2, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson, Lawrence39 min
May 2, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson, Prairie, White, Woodruff3 hr
May 2, 3:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKHot Spring115 min
May 2, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson43 min
May 2, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Woodruff3 hr
May 2, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson24 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2019Every flash flood warning in 2019

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.