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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 25, 20267 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2026, 10:22 PM CDT for 7 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 25, 2026, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2026, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1997 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.0

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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 25, 6:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
616 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

...New AVIATION...

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 612 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

VFR CIGs to degrad to MVFR and lower as storms begin to form in E
OK and spread across the FA over the next several hours. Ongoing
development has begun at TAF issuance. Coverage will become more
widespread across northern terminals first before pushing to the
SE overnight tonight. Most of the state should be clear of
meaningful precip by 12z tomorrow morning.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Batesville AR     62  80  67  84 /  40  40  50  50
Camden AR         63  85  68  87 /  80  50  30  30
Harrison AR       59  78  65  83 /  70  40  50  50
Hot Springs AR    61  82  66  85 /  90  40  50  30
Little Rock   AR  63  82  68  85 /  80  50  50  40
Monticello AR     64  85  69  88 /  70  60  30  20
Mount Ida AR      60  82  66  85 /  90  40  50  30
Mountain Home AR  59  78  65  84 /  50  40  50  60
Newport AR        63  82  68  85 /  20  50  50  50
Pine Bluff AR     63  82  67  86 /  70  50  50  40
Russellville AR   62  81  67  84 /  80  40  50  40
Searcy AR         61  82  65  85 /  50  50  50  50
Stuttgart AR      64  81  69  86 /  60  60  50  40

&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...99
LONG TERM....99
AVIATION...78

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott38 min
Apr 25, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott38 min
Apr 25, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott35 min
Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott46 min
Apr 25, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKScott37 min
Apr 25, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Montgomery, Pike52 min
Apr 25, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott49 min
Apr 25, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike50 min
Apr 25, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton46 min
Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike42 min
Apr 25, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike22 min
Apr 25, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott49 min
Apr 25, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott48 min
Apr 25, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope23 min
Apr 25, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Pike41 min
Apr 25, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike35 min
Apr 25, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring35 min
Apr 25, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Pike, Polk17 min
Apr 25, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKClark, Pike42 min
Apr 25, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk39 min
Apr 25, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike50 min
Apr 25, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott42 min
Apr 25, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKClark, Ouachita, Pike53 min
Apr 25, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott46 min
Apr 25, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark42 min
Apr 25, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell47 min
Apr 25, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita38 min
Apr 25, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike43 min
Apr 26, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott38 min
Apr 26, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita29 min
Apr 26, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike38 min
Apr 26, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland, Montgomery51 min
Apr 26, 12:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita52 min
Apr 26, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita46 min
Apr 26, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Ouachita50 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.