A cold front sagged southward into Arkansas to begin July. Near the front, areas of heavy rain were noted across northern and central sections of the state on the 1st.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A cold front sagged southward into Arkansas to begin July. Near the front, areas of heavy rain were noted across northern and central sections of the state on the 1st.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 1, 2:03 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 303 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN THIS CYCLE IS AMOUNT OF CONVECTION & POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN & ISOLATED FLOODING OVER AR. ON-GOING CONVECTION THIS EARLY MORNING OVER CENTRAL TO NE AREAS DUE TO UPPER LEVEL ENERGY ROTATING OVER AR FROM THE UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN OK...COMBINED WITH A WEAK BOUNDARY OVER AR...WHILE IN-PLACE MOIST & UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...WILL BE ISSUING FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NC-NE AREAS OF AR THIS MORNING. AREAS ARE RECEIVING HALF TO 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...& SPOTS IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY NE AREAS...HAVE HAD SOME HEAVIER RAIN LAST 1-2 DAYS. OTHERWISE...THE UPPER LOW & SHEAR AXIS OVER EC OK & BACK TO N TX WILL SEND PLENTY OF LIFT INTO AR TODAY. WILL ALSO ADD HEAVY RAIN TO FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD WATCH AREAS. THE WEAK BOUNDARY CUTTING ACROSS CENTRAL AR IS NOT WELL DEPICTED...BUT WIND FLOW FIELDS & THETA-E GRADIENT HAS IT OVER CENTRAL AREAS...JUST NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK. ALONG THE BOUNDARY & NORTH WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TODAY. PRECIP WATER VALUES REMAIN UP AROUND 1.75 TO 2 INCH VALUES...WHILE 00Z KLZK SOUNDING HAD 1.76 INCHES...& WITH A 15-20 KNOT BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW FROM THE S-SW. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIKELY POPS WITH HEAVY RAIN MENTION WILL COVER TODAYS FORECAST...WHILE TEMPS ONLY IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW CONTINUITY WITH SLOWLY RETROGRADING THE UPPER LOW & SHEAR AXIS BACK TO THE W-SW INTO MONDAY. ALTHOUGH THE WEAK BOUNDARY OVER AR STILL HAS SOME IDENTITY ON MONDAY...ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. A BIT LOWER POP EXPECTED IN THE NE...WHILE A BIT HIGHER CENTRAL & SOUTH AR. TEMPS REMAIN A BIT BELOW NORMALS DUE TO CLOUDS & PRECIP. MONDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY SEES THE OVERALL CHANCE OF RAIN LOWERING CLOSER TO CLIMATE VALUES...AS THE UPPER LOW & SHEAR AXIS GRADUALLY WASH OUT & DRIFT SW. SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY IS SHOWN IN THE NW FLOW...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE DESERT SW U.S...WHILE TROUGHING IN THE EASTERN U.S. THIS ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO STAY NORTH OF THE AREA. WEDNESDAY IS SIMILAR TO TUESDAY...WITH A NEAR NORMAL POP FOR EARLY JULY...& HIGHS BACK CLOSER TO NORMALS. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY GOOD CONTINUITY IN THIS LONG TERM FROM WHAT WAS SHOWN YESTERDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST ON ACCOUNT OF THE LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE EAST AND THE AMPLIFIED RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES. THE SURFACE WILL KEEP MOIST AIR IN PLACE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. PLENTY OF HEATING AND LACK OF A STRONG ENOUGH FRONT TO CLEAR OUT THE INSTABILITY WILL KEEP SMALL POPS FOR MOST OF THE LONG TERM. CURRENT FORECAST HAD SHOWN SATURDAY TO BE A DRY DAY...AND THERE MAY BE ENOUGH OF A LULL IN THE PATTERN TO MAKE IT COME TRUE...SO WILL HOLD OFF IN REINTRODUCING RAIN CHANCES FOR SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES. WILL WAIT FOR ANOTHER RUN BEFORE MAKE CHANGES. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THEIR NORMAL RUN FOR THE HIGHS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR LOWS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 84 67 88 69 / 60 50 40 10 CAMDEN AR 88 70 91 71 / 60 50 40 30 HARRISON AR 83 66 83 66 / 60 50 40 20 HOT SPRINGS AR 88 69 89 70 / 60 50 40 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 88 70 89 70 / 60 50 40 20 MONTICELLO AR 90 69 91 71 / 60 50 40 30 MOUNT IDA AR 87 69 88 69 / 60 50 40 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 82 66 84 67 / 60 50 40 10 NEWPORT AR 85 68 89 69 / 60 50 40 10 PINE BLUFF AR 89 70 90 71 / 60 50 40 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 86 68 88 68 / 60 50 40 20 SEARCY AR 86 69 89 70 / 60 50 40 20 STUTTGART AR 88 70 90 71 / 60 50 40 20 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH AR UNTIL SUNDAY 4AM-7PM CDT. && SHORT TERM...59 / LONG TERM...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 955 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY -DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN- LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL- 955 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN ARKANSAS...ALONG A STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY SITTING ACROSS THIS PART OF THE STATE. THE GREATEST CONCERN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE REMAIN IN PLACE AS WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTH. IN ADDITION...WINDS IN THE LOWEST LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN LIGHT AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVERS AND COULD DROP A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE OMNI PRESENT UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS FOR THE PAST WEEK OR SO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE GENERAL VICINITY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AS SUCH...THERE WILL A CONTINUING CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AROUND THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WHICH WILL ALLOW DRIER AIR TO WORK IN FROM THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THE PRESENT TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LZK 38
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 130 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ARZ005>007-014>016-023>025-033-034-010800- BAXTER-CLEBURNE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF- 130 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BAXTER...CLEBURNE...FULTON... INDEPENDENCE...IZARD...JACKSON...SHARP...STONE...VAN BUREN...WHITE AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE AREAS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH...TO LOCALIZED HALF TO OVER ONE INCH AMOUNTS WITH STORMS. THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS MAY SEE LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS AREA IS HEAVY RAIN...THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. ALSO WITH THE STORMS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN BAXTER...CLEBURNE...FULTON...INDEPENDENCE...IZARD... JACKSON...SHARP...STONE...VAN BUREN...WHITE AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FOR FLOODING POTENTIAL...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. 59
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A local emergency manager reported numerous roads closed across the county and Batesville Airport was closed. Two culverts were washed out on Miller Creek Road. Grading and gravel replacement was necessary on some other roads.
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