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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 15, 20224 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2022, 2:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 15, 2022, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2022, 5:50 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Baxter County, AR, Marion County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 403 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy39 min
May 14, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton32 min
May 14, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton36 min
May 14, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy20 min
May 15, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope49 min
May 15, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Pope44 min
May 15, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson42 min
May 15, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope52 min
May 15, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Pope44 min
May 15, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone58 min
May 15, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Johnson, Pope50 min
May 15, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton38 min
May 15, 12:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Pope3 hr
May 15, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton48 min
May 15, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton51 min
May 15, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Yell27 min
May 15, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope14 min
May 15, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Searcy47 min
May 15, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Newton42 min
May 15, 1:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope3 hr
May 15, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Pope, Yell48 min
May 15, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy42 min
May 15, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Stone and 1 more39 min
May 15, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKJohnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren48 min
May 15, 1:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Yell3 hr
May 15, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope, Yell41 min
May 15, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Pope, Yell52 min
May 15, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Van Buren, Yell51 min
May 15, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Stone19 min
May 15, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry, Pulaski, Saline31 min
May 15, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Yell50 min
May 15, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Logan, Pope, Yell46 min
May 15, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline23 min
May 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry, Saline, Yell50 min
May 15, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry, Pulaski, Saline47 min
May 15, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPerry, Pulaski, Saline3 hr
May 15, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLogan, Yell3 hr
May 15, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Van Buren40 min
May 15, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Yell50 min
May 15, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp and 3 more46 min
May 15, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Jackson, Lonoke, Perry, Prairie, Pulaski and 2 more49 min
May 15, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp, Woodruff30 min
May 15, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Saline39 min
May 15, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline49 min
May 15, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell42 min
May 15, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie and 4 more57 min
May 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline45 min
May 15, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe61 min
May 15, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant53 min
May 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln66 min
May 15, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita58 min
May 15, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Desha, Drew66 min
May 15, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley33 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.