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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT for Fulton County, Sharp County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 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
- May 27, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, AR, Sharp County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
291
WGUS54 KLZK 272130
FFWLZK
ARC049-135-272230-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0046.210527T2130Z-210527T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
430 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Fulton County in north central Arkansas...
Central Sharp County in north central Arkansas...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 430 PM CDT, the public reported thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Public.
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...
Cherokee Village, Ash Flat, Horseshoe Bend, Highland in Sharp
County, Hardy, Ballard, Agnos, Kittle, Center, Heart, Sitka,
Glencoe and Morriston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3625 9169 3625 9180 3628 9181 3629 9180
3632 9178 3634 9172 3633 9157 3632 9146
3629 9144 3622 9140 3618 9139 3615 9142
3615 9149 3615 9159 3617 9165 3618 9167
3621 9167 3621 9169
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
CavanaughThe office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton | 53 min |
| May 27, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone, Marion | 51 min |
| May 27, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph | 46 min |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 51 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.