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Flash Flood Warning 129, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT for Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2021, 3:54 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Faulkner County, AR, White County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
392
WGUS54 KLZK 030745
FFWLZK
ARC045-145-031000-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0129.211003T0745Z-211003T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
245 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Faulkner County in central Arkansas...
Southwestern White County in central Arkansas...
* Until 500 AM CDT.
* At 245 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen over the past 1 to 2 hours. Some of these same areas
have already seen very heavy rainfall Saturday evening. Additional
heavy rainfall is expected...and as a result...flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Vilonia, Mayflower, Holland, Otto, Hamlet, Saltillo and El Paso.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3514 9230 3521 9208 3521 9202 3507 9207
3507 9209 3507 9212 3504 9212 3501 9219
3501 9223 3500 9223 3499 9229 3493 9239
3494 9244 3499 9248 3506 9234 3511 9229
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
621 follow-up statement
223
WGUS74 KLZK 030854
FFSLZK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
354 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021
ARC045-145-030904-
/O.CAN.KLZK.FF.W.0129.000000T0000Z-211003T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Faulkner AR-White AR-
354 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAULKNER AND
SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3514 9230 3521 9208 3521 9202 3507 9207
3507 9209 3507 9212 3504 9212 3501 9219
3501 9223 3500 9223 3499 9229 3493 9239
3494 9244 3499 9248 3506 9234 3511 9229
$$
62The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 37 min |
| Oct 2, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 36 min |
| Oct 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 5 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Oct 2, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Oct 2, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe | 41 min |
| Oct 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 40 min |
| Oct 2, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 2 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Ouachita | 51 min |
| Oct 3, 3:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 2 hr |
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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.