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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 17, 20247 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2024, 1:48 AM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 4 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 17, 2024, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Baxter County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Izard County, AR, Marion County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.5

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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 Jul 17, 12:57 AM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:57 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:07 AM CDT, 20 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
507 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

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-
237-238-240-241-313-340-341-171000-
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-
507 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Heat index values of 105 degrees to in excess of 110 degrees are
expected again this afternoon over most of the forecast area. In
addition to hazardous heat, increasing chances for thunderstorms
are expected across northern Arkansas later this evening, a few
of which may become strong to briefly severe. Main hazards with
thunderstorms will be isolated large hail and damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Showers and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast Wednesday
and Thursday, along and ahead of the slow moving cold front. While
organized severe weather is not expected, heavy downpours could
lead to localized flash flooding.

Drier and cooler weather will return later in the week.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	29 min
Jul 16, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	28 min
Jul 16, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion, Searcy	40 min
Jul 16, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Stone	53 min
Jul 16, 7:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	7 hr
Jul 16, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sharp	34 min
Jul 16, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Stone	26 min
Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Sharp	6 hr
Jul 16, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	32 min
Jul 16, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	42 min
Jul 16, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp	50 min
Jul 16, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	35 min
Jul 16, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	33 min
Jul 16, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	49 min
Jul 16, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, White	46 min
Jul 16, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone	4 hr
Jul 16, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Stone	43 min
Jul 16, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	40 min
Jul 16, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	46 min
Jul 16, 10:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne	4 hr
Jul 16, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	44 min
Jul 16, 11:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	3 hr
Jul 17, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	43 min
Jul 17, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter, Marion	35 min
Jul 17, 2:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	3 hr
Jul 17, 3:30 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 11 more	9 hr
Jul 17, 4:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion	98 min
Jul 17, 5:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy, Stone	6 hr
Jul 17, 5:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion	6 hr
Jul 17, 6:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	LZK	Marion	4 hr
Jul 17, 7:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Stone, Van Buren and 1 more	5 hr
Jul 17, 7:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	3 hr
Jul 17, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Saline	46 min
Jul 17, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	5 days
Jul 17, 11:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 8 more	9 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.