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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 7, 2021Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2021, 4:19 PM CDT for Clark County, Hot Spring 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
Jun 7, 2021, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2021, 7:20 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2401 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

021 
WGUS54 KLZK 072119
FFWLZK
ARC019-059-080030-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0059.210607T2119Z-210608T0020Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
419 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Clark County in southwestern Arkansas...
  Eastern Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas...

* Until 720 PM CDT.

* At 418 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. 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...
  Arkadelphia, Malvern, Rockport, Caddo Valley, Perla, DeGray Lake 
  State Park, Gum Springs in Clark County, Donaldson, Friendship, 
  Magnet Cove, Midway in Hot Spring County, Social Hill, Lower Lake 
  Recreation Area, Lake Catherine State Park, Gifford and Hollywood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 9332 3439 9296 3439 9295 3440 9295
      3450 9280 3440 9267 3435 9267 3400 9317

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKDrew119 min
Jun 7, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLZKArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 22 more4 days
Jun 7, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark48 min
Jun 7, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita51 min
Jun 7, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Ouachita47 min
Jun 7, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita, Pike2 hr
Jun 7, 5:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln41 min
Jun 7, 5:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson, Lincoln38 min
Jun 7, 10:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKSaline33 hr
Jun 7, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita10 days
Jun 7, 10:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring46 hr
Jun 7, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike42 min
Jun 7, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike44 min
Jun 7, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita34 min
Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Montgomery, Pike47 min
Jun 7, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring43 min
Jun 7, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Pike38 min
Jun 7, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike41 min
Jun 7, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring50 min
Jun 7, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring35 min
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas, Ouachita28 min
Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring35 min
Jun 7, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Dallas29 min
Jun 7, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita32 min
Jun 7, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring9 min
Jun 7, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring30 min
Jun 7, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita46 min
Jun 7, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita45 min
Jun 7, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita30 min
Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita40 min
Jun 7, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring3 hr
Jun 7, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline49 min
Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas8 min
Jun 7, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Grant and 2 more41 min
Jun 7, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln50 min
Jun 7, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Cleveland, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln and 3 more36 min
Jun 7, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski, Saline38 min
Jun 7, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Monroe and 1 more53 min
Jun 7, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke50 min
Jun 7, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White39 min
Jun 7, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff38 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.