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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Feb 28, 2021, 3:20 PM CST for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 90 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
- Feb 28, 2021, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 4:50 PM CST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Perry County, AR, White County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
645
WGUS54 KLZK 282120
FFWLZK
ARC023-029-045-105-145-282300-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0002.210228T2120Z-210228T2250Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
320 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Conway County in central Arkansas...
Faulkner County in central Arkansas...
Northeastern Perry County in central Arkansas...
West Central White County in central Arkansas...
Southwestern Cleburne County in north central Arkansas...
* Until 450 PM CST.
* At 319 PM CST, emergency management reported flash flooding is
occurring over portions of western Faulkner County. Between 1 and
2 inches of rain have fallen and additional flash flooding is
expected over the warned area.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Conway, Heber Springs, Greenbrier, Vilonia, Mayflower, Greers
Ferry, Wooster, Quitman, Guy, Rose Bud, Enola, Twin Groves,
Menifee, Houston, Mount Vernon, Woolly Hollow State Park,
Springhill, Pickles Gap, Mallet Town and Toad Suck.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3497 9270 3504 9272 3515 9262 3531 9246
3536 9225 3556 9217 3556 9203 3553 9196
3544 9191 3507 9212 3499 9232 3495 9261
3495 9268
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
511 follow-up statement
007
WGUS74 KLZK 282252
FFSLZK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
452 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
ARC023-029-045-105-145-282302-
/O.EXP.KLZK.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210228T2250Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cleburne AR-Conway AR-Faulkner AR-Perry AR-White AR-
452 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONWAY,
FAULKNER, NORTHEASTERN PERRY, WEST CENTRAL WHITE AND SOUTHWESTERN
CLEBURNE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3497 9270 3504 9272 3515 9262 3531 9246
3536 9225 3556 9217 3556 9203 3553 9196
3544 9191 3507 9212 3499 9232 3495 9261
3495 9268
$$
CooperThe office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 2:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 11:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 2:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 2:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 2:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, White | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 3:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 17 min |
| Feb 28, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 4:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 5:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 5:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 119 min |
| Feb 28, 5:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 52 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.