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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 24, 20265 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2026, 8:38 AM CDT for 5 counties in 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
Aug 24, 2026, 8:38 AM CDT (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2026, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cleveland County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2026-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2492 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2026-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope28 min
Aug 24, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Johnson, Pope, Van Buren19 min
Aug 24, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope28 min
Aug 24, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren13 min
Aug 24, 4:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSearcy25 min
Aug 24, 4:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSearcy33 min
Aug 24, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton25 min
Aug 24, 4:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway18 min
Aug 24, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton32 min
Aug 24, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner31 min
Aug 24, 5:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke31 min
Aug 24, 5:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant24 min
Aug 24, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant36 min
Aug 24, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Grant, Jefferson30 min
Aug 24, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski23 min
Aug 24, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Pulaski, Saline22 min
Aug 24, 6:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski39 min
Aug 24, 6:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski36 min
Aug 24, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope31 min
Aug 24, 7:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner2 hr
Aug 24, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland27 min
Aug 24, 7:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway37 min
Aug 24, 7:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland23 min
Aug 24, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland28 min
Aug 24, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner34 min
Aug 24, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke34 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.