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Flash Flood Warning 129, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 3, 2021Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas

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.

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 (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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1065 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke37 min
Oct 2, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott36 min
Oct 2, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke, Pulaski45 min
Oct 2, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski5 hr
Oct 2, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPulaski2 hr
Oct 2, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski27 min
Oct 2, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe41 min
Oct 2, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCalhoun40 min
Oct 2, 11:01 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLZKPulaski3 hr
Oct 2, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski3 hr
Oct 2, 11:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie4 hr
Oct 3, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner3 hr
Oct 3, 2:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita2 hr
Oct 3, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita51 min
Oct 3, 3:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita2 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.