1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 13, 2:38 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 238 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2001 PREFER AVN MODEL ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW. WILL THEREFORE FIGURE ON WARM FRONT TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS LOUISIANA TONIGHT AND INTO ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER. IT WILL THEN MOVE OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY AND EXTEND FROM NEAR JONESBORO TO TEXARKANA AROUND 06Z THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY MORNING AROUND SUNRISE THE COLD FRONT SHOULD LIE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN QUARTER OF ARKANS|AS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRICKY TO PINPOINT AND HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON ACTUAL TIMING OF FRONT. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. .LIT...NONE. 38
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate to heavy rainfall fell across Pulaski County and caused flooding over many parts of the county. Several houses were flooded and a number of roads were also covered by high water for a period of time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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