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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 3, 20254 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2025, 3:18 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: Apr 3, 2025, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2025, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 1840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 466 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 20.3

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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 Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:31 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:38 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:40 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:56 PM CDT, 22 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
Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	20 min
Apr 2, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	51 min
Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	47 min
Apr 2, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LZK	Ouachita	24 min
Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	50 min
Apr 2, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	44 min
Apr 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	37 min
Apr 2, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie	65 min
Apr 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	46 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	27 min
Apr 2, 8:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	3 hr
Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln	28 min
Apr 2, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	3 hr
Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln	39 min
Apr 2, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	40 min
Apr 2, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Lincoln, Monroe	26 min
Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	33 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	33 min
Apr 3, 5:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring	24 min
Apr 3, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	29 min
Apr 3, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	30 min
Apr 3, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	28 min
Apr 3, 6:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	29 min
Apr 3, 7:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	35 min
Apr 3, 7:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	42 min
Apr 3, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	41 min
Apr 3, 8:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline	39 min
Apr 3, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	27 min
Apr 3, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	4 days
Apr 3, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	4 days
Apr 3, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	4 days
Apr 3, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	3 days
Apr 3, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	5 days
Apr 3, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	9 days
Apr 3, 10:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	49 min
Apr 3, 10:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	11 hr
Apr 3, 11:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	10 days
Apr 3, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	5 days
Apr 3, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Polk, Scott	19 min
Apr 3, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	41 min
Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	44 min
Apr 3, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	46 min
Apr 3, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	29 min
Apr 3, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	40 min
Apr 3, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton, Pope, Searcy	44 min
Apr 3, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	37 min
Apr 3, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	50 min
Apr 3, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	49 min
Apr 3, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	33 min
Apr 3, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Stone	42 min
Apr 3, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	44 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	50 min
Apr 3, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery, Yell	45 min
Apr 3, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie	41 min
Apr 3, 4:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	51 min
Apr 3, 4:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline and 1 more	38 min
Apr 3, 4:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	42 min
Apr 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	36 min
Apr 3, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	47 min
Apr 3, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Ouachita	33 min
Apr 3, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	48 min
Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	41 min
Apr 3, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	34 min
Apr 3, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	39 min
Apr 3, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	41 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	41 min

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.