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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2020, 11:40 PM CDT for Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 5, 2020, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2020, 1:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 5, 2:38 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1036 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-070345- 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- 1036 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorms will continue into the early morning hours in central and south Arkansas. Some of the storms will be strong to severe, with the primary hazard being damaging straight line winds and large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday Through Thursday For Saturday and Sunday, with temperatures expected to climb into the lower 90s and abundant moisture in place near the surface, heat indices could approach or briefly exceed 100 degrees in some places. As remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal approach the state from the south Monday into Tuesday, widespread rainfall can be expected. Additional impacts from the system could include locally strong wind gusts as well as isolated tornadoes. With potential impacts heavily dependent on the future track of this storm, monitor the latest forecast information for updates. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter Activation May Be Needed && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 51
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:41 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:56 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1056 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HAIL 1 N PRATTSVILLE 34.33N 92.54W
06/05/2020 E1.00 INCH GRANT AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK2000387
JHOODSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 11:16 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1116 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020 ARZ053-054-060445- Hot Spring AR-Clark AR- 1116 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CLARK AND SOUTH CENTRAL HOT SPRING COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... At 1115 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near DeGray Lake State Park, or 7 miles north of Arkadelphia, moving south at 10 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Arkadelphia... Caddo Valley... Gum Springs in Clark County... Richwoods... Halfway... DeGray Lake State Park... Friendship... Bismarck... Hollywood... Lower Lake Recreation Area... Curtis... Midway in Hot Spring County... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3432 9319 3429 9295 3396 9300 3409 9334 TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 011DEG 8KT 3422 9310 67
Local storm report, Jun 5, 11:26 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1126 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL SLOVAK 34.65N 91.58W
06/05/2020 E1.00 INCH PRAIRIE AR SOCIAL MEDIA
AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL AT SLOVAK.
&&
46Local storm report, Jun 5, 11:33 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1133 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1132 PM HAIL DEGRAY LAKE 34.24N 93.18W
06/05/2020 E1.00 INCH CLARK AR EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER EIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LAKE DEGRAY.
&&
46The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 15 min |
| Jun 6, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 109 min |
Nearby
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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.