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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 14, 2022Baxter County, Stone County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2022, 1:31 AM CDT for Baxter County, Stone 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2022, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2022, 4:35 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Baxter County, AR, Stone County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1182 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 13, 6:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 2:08 PM CDT, 11 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
208 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-062>069-
103-112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230-
237-238-240-241-313-340-341-141500-
Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Stone-Izard-Independence-
Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry-
Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-
Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-
Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-Boone County Except Southwest-
Newton County Higher Elevations-Searcy County Lower Elevations-
Southern Johnson County-Southern Pope County-
Southeast Van Buren County-Western and Northern Logan County-
Northern Scott County-Northwest Yell County-
Polk County Lower Elevations-
Central and Eastern Montgomery County-
Boone County Higher Elevations-Newton County Lower Elevations-
Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Johnson County Higher Elevations-Pope County Higher Elevations-
Van Buren County Higher Elevations-
Southern and Eastern Logan County-
Central and Southern Scott County-Yell Excluding Northwest-
Northern Polk County Higher Elevations-
Northern Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
Eastern, Central, and Southern Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations-
Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
208 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Hot temperatures are expected across much of the state today.
Heat index values could approach 100 degrees and high temperatures
could break daily records.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop across parts of the state
from this afternoon through the overnight hours. Some storms could
produce strong wind gusts and locally heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday Through Thursday

By Sunday, a cold front will approach the region, with showers
and thunderstorms developing along and ahead of it. There will be
a possibility of a few strong to severe thunderstorms along and
ahead of the front as it moves through Arkansas on Sunday
afternoon and night. Any severe storms will be capable of
producing damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rain.

By mid to late week, readings will warm back into the 90s in most
areas again.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Stone37 min
May 13, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp29 min
May 13, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence37 min
May 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone47 min
May 13, 10:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Stone5 hr
May 13, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard3 hr
May 13, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMarion, Searcy3 hr
May 13, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSearcy35 min
May 13, 11:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKFulton, Sharp12 hr
May 14, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren and 1 more55 min
May 14, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski13 min
May 14, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark31 min
May 14, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton43 min
May 14, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton32 min
May 14, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKStone40 min
May 14, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton35 min
May 14, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard, Stone28 min
May 14, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone, Newton110 min
May 14, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone36 min
May 14, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion26 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy, Stone, Van Buren17 min
May 14, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKStone83 min
May 14, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone29 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.