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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2021, 7:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 109 min. 1 report 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, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 8:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:49 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.1 | Little Rock Adams Field, AR | 1.10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 56 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 3571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted.
906
WGUS54 KLZK 100007
FFWLZK
ARC001-085-117-119-100215-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FF.W.0092.210610T0007Z-210610T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
707 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Lonoke County in central Arkansas...
Southeastern Prairie County in central Arkansas...
Southeastern Pulaski County in central Arkansas...
Northwestern Arkansas County in southeastern Arkansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 706 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly. Because of a tremendous amount of rainfall over the past
few days, it will only take minimal additional rain to rapidly
cause flash flooding.
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...
Little Rock, North Little Rock, Downtown Little Rock, Stuttgart,
England, Wrightsville, Argenta, Humnoke, Keo, Ulm, Toltec Mounds
State Park, Brummitt, Estes, Scott, Sweet Home, Lakewood, Allport,
Coy, Blakemore and Seaton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
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 3461 9223 3468 9228 3475 9229 3479 9226
3471 9213 3463 9191 3458 9159 3457 9138
3456 9138 3456 9137 3447 9137 3447 9150
3447 9172 3449 9192
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Cooper1 follow-up statement
287
WGUS74 KLZK 100156 RRA
FFSLZK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
856 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
ARC001-085-117-119-100206-
/O.CAN.KLZK.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-210610T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Arkansas AR-Lonoke AR-Prairie AR-Pulaski AR-
856 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN LONOKE,
SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE, SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Please continue to heed remaining road
closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT Thursday for
portions of central Arkansas...eastern Arkansas...southeast
Arkansas...southwest Arkansas and western Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3461 9223 3468 9228 3475 9229 3479 9226
3471 9213 3463 9191 3458 9159 3457 9138
3456 9138 3456 9137 3447 9137 3447 9150
3447 9172 3449 9192
$$
62The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Sharp | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 14 min |
| Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 17 min |
| Jun 10, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Hot Spring | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 118 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.