Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2021, 9:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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 19, 2021, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2021, 11:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Conway County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
373
WGUS54 KLZK 200221
FFWLZK
ARC029-115-129-141-200500-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0038.210520T0221Z-210520T0450Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
921 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Conway County in central Arkansas...
Eastern Pope County in central Arkansas...
Western Searcy County in north central Arkansas...
Northwestern Van Buren County in north central Arkansas...
* Until 1150 PM CDT.
* At 919 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a narrow band of showers
and isolated thunderstorms from Pindall in Searcy COunty to around
Atkins in Pope County. The radar estimated one to two inches of
rain in places. Given additional heavy rain, flash flooding is
likely to occur.
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...
Atkins, Hector, Dabney, Smyrna, Witts Spring, Imo, Bohannon,
Jerusalem, Marsena, Eula, Point Peter, Happy Bend, Duff, St. Joe,
Pindall, Appleton, Gilbert, Nogo, Tilly and Mountain Man Trailhead.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3517 9301 3606 9291 3607 9267 3515 9283
3515 9293 3517 9293 3517 9290 3518 9292
3517 9295 3517 9297
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
461 follow-up statement
370
WGUS74 KLZK 200324
FFSLZK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1024 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021
ARC029-115-129-141-200500-
/O.CON.KLZK.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210520T0450Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Conway AR-Pope AR-Searcy AR-Van Buren AR-
1024 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1150 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL CONWAY, EASTERN POPE, WESTERN SEARCY AND
NORTHWESTERN VAN BUREN COUNTIES...
At 1020 PM CDT, rain continued across much of the warned area. Radar
estimated two to more than three inches of rain in a narrow band
from around Witts Springs in Searcy County to Atkins in Pope County.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Atkins, Hector, Dabney, Smyrna, Witts Spring, Imo, Bohannon,
Jerusalem, Marsena, Eula, Point Peter, Happy Bend, Duff, St. Joe,
Pindall, Appleton, Gilbert, Nogo, Tilly and Mountain Man Trailhead.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3517 9301 3606 9291 3607 9267 3515 9283
3515 9293 3517 9293 3517 9290 3518 9292
3517 9295 3517 9297
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
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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.