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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Little Rock, AR

September 1, 2020Izard County, Sharp County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2020, 8:21 AM CDT for Izard County, Sharp 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: Sep 1, 2020, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2020, 11:20 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Izard County, AR, Sharp County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -22 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 Sep 1, 6:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 6:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 3:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
302 AM CDT Tue Sep 1 2020

ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-020815-
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-
302 AM CDT Tue Sep 1 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Tuesday, widespread rain and thunderstorms will persist over
western and central Arkansas. Excessive soil moisture content
across western and southwestern Arkansas has left the region
extremely vulnerable to flash flooding, prompting the continuation
of the flash flood watch. Heavy rainfall associated with
thunderstorms through Tuesday could bring another 2+ inches to
the region, and pose a significant flash flooding threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday Through Monday

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue
on Wednesday, especially in northern and western sections of the
state. One to more than two inches of rain could occur in the
north and west. Additional flash flooding is possible, especially
in portions of the Ouachita Mountains where the ground is
nearly saturated.

Precipitation will build to the south on Thursday, and will not
tend to be as widespread and heavy. Drier air will arrive from the
north on Friday, with rain mostly ending through the weekend.

.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

Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 7:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:27 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:29 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 7:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	13 hr
Sep 1, 2:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Scott	6 hr
Sep 1, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Scott, Yell	5 hr
Sep 1, 5:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	3 hr
Sep 1, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson, Pope, Yell	52 min
Sep 1, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	39 min
Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	45 min
Sep 1, 7:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring, Saline	35 min
Sep 1, 7:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery	4 hr
Sep 1, 7:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Scott, Yell	3 hr
Sep 1, 8:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	2 hr
Sep 1, 9:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Logan, Yell	2 hr
Sep 1, 9:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Lawrence, Sharp, Stone	2 hr
Sep 1, 9:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Searcy, Stone and 2 more	5 hr
Sep 1, 11:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	4 hr
Sep 1, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	25 min
Sep 1, 12:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	55 hr
Sep 1, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	49 min
Sep 1, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	39 min
Sep 1, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	41 min
Sep 1, 1:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	34 min
Sep 1, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	50 min
Sep 1, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	33 min
Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LZK	Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk and 3 more	10 hr
Sep 1, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	50 min
Sep 1, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline	49 min
Sep 1, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White	45 min
Sep 1, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke	40 min
Sep 1, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	51 min
Sep 1, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, White	42 min
Sep 1, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	50 min
Sep 1, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie	32 min
Sep 1, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	27 min
Sep 1, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	50 min
Sep 1, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	45 min
Sep 1, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	34 min
Sep 1, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	50 min
Sep 1, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Lincoln	49 min
Sep 1, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	47 min
Sep 1, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	46 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.