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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 29, 2021Logan County, Scott County, Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this areal flood warning at Apr 29, 2021, 7:59 AM CDT for Logan County, Scott County, Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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: Apr 29, 2021, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Logan County, AR, Scott County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Apr 29, 6:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:59 AM CDT, 5 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
259 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

ARZ023-024-031>033-039-290900-
White AR-Perry AR-Van Buren AR-Faulkner AR-Conway AR-Cleburne AR-
259 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHEASTERN
VAN BUREN...SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE...FAULKNER...CONWAY AND WEST
CENTRAL WHITE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

At 259 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hattieville to near Sequoya Park to near
Adona. Movement was east at 50 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Conway...                         Morrilton...
Perryville...                     Greenbrier...
Vilonia...                        Wooster...
Oppelo...                         Quitman...
Guy...                            Rose Bud...
Damascus...                       Enola...
Twin Groves...                    Menifee...
Perry...                          Adona...
Houston...                        Mount Vernon...
Bethlehem...                      Sequoya Park...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for central
Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3517 9197 3507 9205 3501 9291 3517 9288
      3517 9286 3539 9285 3547 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 268DEG 43KT 3532 9280 3516 9280 3501 9288

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
349 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

ARZ025-032>034-046-290930-
White AR-Prairie AR-Faulkner AR-Woodruff AR-Jackson AR-
349 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WOODRUFF...NORTHEASTERN
PRAIRIE...SOUTHERN JACKSON...EAST CENTRAL FAULKNER AND WHITE COUNTIES
UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

At 349 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Steprock to near Vilonia. Movement was
east at 50 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Searcy...                         Augusta...
Beebe...                          Vilonia...
Bald Knob...                      Judsonia...
Kensett...                        Higginson...
Patterson...                      Russell...
West Point...                     Tupelo...
Hunter...                         Algoa...
McCrory...                        Crosby...
McFadden...                       Pryor...
Hurricane Lake WMA...             Gravel Hill...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for central
Arkansas.

LAT...LON 3504 9110 3508 9233 3548 9167 3559 9104
      3516 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 255DEG 43KT 3544 9162 3514 9219

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
428 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

ARZ025-033-034-046-291000-
White AR-Prairie AR-Woodruff AR-Jackson AR-
428 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WOODRUFF...NORTHEASTERN
PRAIRIE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTIES UNTIL
500 AM CDT...

At 428 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hickory Ridge to near Higginson. Movement
was east at 35 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Augusta...                        Patterson...
West Point...                     Tupelo...
McCrory...                        McFadden...
Hurricane Lake WMA...             Pryor...
Cotton Plant...                   Griffithville...
Beedeville...                     Becton...
Vinity Corner...                  Howell...
Penrose...                        McClelland...
Gregory...                        Grays...
Pumpkin Bend...                   Jasmine...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for central
Arkansas.

LAT...LON 3498 9133 3508 9186 3549 9104 3510 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 278DEG 31KT 3539 9104 3511 9170

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:12 AM CDT, 47 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
Apr 28, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	51 min
Apr 28, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	43 min
Apr 28, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan	65 min
Apr 28, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Yell	29 min
Apr 28, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	46 min
Apr 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	32 min
Apr 28, 11:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton, Pope and 1 more	7 hr
Apr 28, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	40 min
Apr 29, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope, Van Buren	53 min
Apr 29, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren	51 min
Apr 29, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	36 min
Apr 29, 1:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	5 hr
Apr 29, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	43 min
Apr 29, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	51 min
Apr 29, 1:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	6 hr
Apr 29, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Lawrence	52 min
Apr 29, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Perry, Yell	64 min
Apr 29, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Faulkner	61 min
Apr 29, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	25 min
Apr 29, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White, Woodruff	41 min
Apr 29, 4:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	16 hr
Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	32 min
Apr 29, 4:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	4 hr
Apr 29, 4:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone, Van Buren, White	4 hr
Apr 29, 6:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Saline	4 hr
Apr 29, 6:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 29, 8:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	34 hr
Apr 29, 8:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	6 hr
Apr 29, 9:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Van Buren	4 hr
Apr 29, 9:50 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Searcy	4 hr
Apr 29, 10:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	28 hr
Apr 29, 10:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	60 hr
Apr 29, 10:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	44 hr
Apr 29, 10:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	47 hr
Apr 29, 11:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Pope	3 hr
Apr 29, 1:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	27 hr
Apr 29, 1:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	44 hr
Apr 29, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	9 hr
Apr 29, 2:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	5 days
Apr 29, 2:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	17 days
Apr 29, 2:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie	26 days

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.