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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 30, 2022Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2022, 10:32 AM CDT for Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 30, 2022, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2022, 12:34 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Newton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2022-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 432 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 2022-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
432 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion33 min
Jul 29, 11:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLawrence3 hr
Jul 30, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren29 min
Jul 30, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott36 min
Jul 30, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott26 min
Jul 30, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBradley, Calhoun30 min
Jul 30, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk35 min
Jul 30, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike24 min
Jul 30, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew, Lincoln34 min
Jul 30, 4:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas2 hr

Nearby

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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.