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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2021, 6:38 AM CDT for Monroe County, Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2021, 6:38 AM CDT (11:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 9:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | De Valls Bluff, AR | CALLER ROUTINELY MEASURES RAINFALL AT HIS HOME NEAR DE VALLS BLUFF. EMPTIED RAIN GAGE AT 5 AM AND NOTED THE GAGE WAS OVERFLOWING BY 8 AM. YARD AND NEARBY ROADS FLOODED VERY QUICKLY AFTER RAIN STARTED. CANNOT DETERMINE MAXIMUM RAINFALL, ALTHOUGH AT LEAST 6 INCH |
| Jun 9, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clarendon, AR | WIDESPREAD FLOODED ROADS ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERAL BUSINESSES ARE FLOODED WITH NUMEROUS CARS STRANDED AS WELL. |
| Jun 9, 9:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Allendale, AR | A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 302 IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
121
WGUS54 KLZK 091138
FFWLZK
ARC095-117-091445-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0086.210609T1138Z-210609T1435Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
638 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Prairie County in central Arkansas...
Monroe County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 935 AM CDT.
* At 638 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is likely 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...
Brinkley, Des Arc, Clarendon, Hazen, De Valls Bluff, Holly Grove,
Fredonia, Roe, Barrettsville, Alfrey, Allendale, Peppers Landing,
Dobbs Landing, Hallsville, Palmer, Fargo, Blackton, Aberdeen,
Brasfield and Keevil.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.
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 3492 9169 3499 9159 3500 9137 3490 9137
3490 9129 3499 9129 3500 9115 3490 9115
3490 9112 3486 9112 3486 9110 3474 9110
3472 9105 3456 9105 3456 9139 3461 9145
3467 9145 3467 9137 3472 9138 3471 9170
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
232The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew | 51 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 89 min |
| Jun 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sharp | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.