Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2021, 9:25 PM CDT for Clark County, Dallas County, Ouachita 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2021, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2021, 12:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Ouachita County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
965
WGUS54 KLZK 190225
FFWLZK
ARC019-039-103-190530-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0032.210519T0225Z-210519T0525Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
925 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Clark County in southwestern Arkansas...
Southwestern Dallas County in southwestern Arkansas...
Ouachita County in southwestern Arkansas...
* Until 1225 AM CDT.
* At 924 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen in the last hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
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...
Camden, Arkadelphia, Gurdon, Stephens, Caddo Valley, Sparkman,
Chidester, Louann, Whelen Springs, White Oak Lake State Park,
Poison Springs State Park, Cullendale, Richwoods, Gum Springs in
Clark County, Amy, Tates Bluff, Bragg City, Reader, Vaden and
Ouachita.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3384 9313 3403 9334 3421 9313 3404 9288
3381 9279 3359 9277 3356 9274 3354 9278
3349 9277 3349 9272 3343 9270 3344 9266
3340 9264 3340 9262 3336 9259 3336 9260
3339 9276 3338 9312 3378 9310 3379 9313
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Jones1 follow-up statement
456
WGUS74 KLZK 190522
FFSLZK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1222 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021
ARC019-039-103-190532-
/O.EXP.KLZK.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210519T0525Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clark AR-Dallas AR-Ouachita AR-
1222 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1225 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK, SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS AND OUACHITA COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT Thursday for
portions of central Arkansas...north central Arkansas...southwest
Arkansas and western Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3384 9313 3403 9334 3421 9313 3404 9288
3381 9279 3359 9277 3356 9274 3354 9278
3349 9277 3349 9272 3343 9270 3344 9266
3340 9264 3340 9262 3336 9259 3336 9260
3339 9276 3338 9312 3378 9310 3379 9313
$$
62The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway, Pope, Saline | 53 min |
| May 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 39 min |
| May 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry | 16 min |
| May 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 41 min |
| May 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 37 min |
| May 18, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 38 min |
| May 18, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 20 min |
| May 18, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry | 4 hr |
| May 18, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski, Van Buren | 5 hr |
| May 18, 8:54 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 13 hr |
| May 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 5 hr |
| May 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Van Buren, White | 3 hr |
| May 18, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Grant, Ouachita | 4 hr |
| May 18, 10:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 118 min |
| May 19, 10:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 35 hr |
| May 19, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner, Garland and 9 more | 32 hr |
| May 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Grant, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 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.