Heavy rainfall during the latter half of May kept the White River above flood stage into early June.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall during the latter half of May kept the White River above flood stage into early June.
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 May 31, 11:44 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1244 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .AVIATION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE REGION AND DOMINATE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. PATCHY FOG WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY AROUND SUNRISE. AFTERNOON CUMULUS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BUT CONVECTION WILL BE ISOLATED IN NATURE AT BEST. WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EXCEPT AROUND SUNRISE WHEN FOG WILL LOWER VISBY TO MVFR CATEGORY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 214 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2010/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT THE UPPER LOW THAT WAS HANGING AROUND WESTERN TENNESSEE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS NOW SHIFTED WELL EAST. THIS HAS ALLOWED A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG/AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY AS IT PUSHES ACROSS ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS SLIGHTLY OVER REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. FOR TUESDAY...WENT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BUT DID LIMIT THEM TO THE NORTHERN ZONES. THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED STORMS FORM SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER TUE AFTERNOON...BUT THINK THE BEST CHANCES REMAIN IN THE NORTH. ON WEDNESDAY A COLORADO LOW WILL WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND BECOMES PART OF A LARGER STATIONARY BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHES BACK UP TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WITH THE BOUNDARY POSITIONED TO OUR NORTH...HIGHS ON WED SHOULD ONCE AGAIN MAKE IT INTO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. IT WILL ALSO REMAIN QUITE HUMID AS RETURN FLOW OFF THE GULF PERSISTS...AND WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER REGION WIDE ON WED. THURSDAY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS FOR HIGHER CHANCES OF PRECIP. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY THURSDAY HAD A WEAK FRONT DRIFTING TO NORTHERN AR WHILE SOME WEAK ENERGY IS SEEN IN THE MEAN FLOW. ON FRIDAY...THE BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO WASH OUT AND DRIFT A BIT FARTHER NORTH INTO MO...WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS A BIT MORE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A HOT AND MAINLY DRY DAY IS EXPECTED. SATURDAY CONTINUES THE HOT AND MOSTLY DRY FORECAST. SOME ENERGY IS AGAIN SEEN IN THE MORE ZONAL FLOW BUT IS SHOWN IN THE MODELS TO STAY NORTH OF AR. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING ISOLATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED. A FRONT IN THE UPPER PLAINS DOES DRIFT A BIT MORE SOUTH ON SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY...THE ECMWF SHOWS THIS BOUNDARY GETTING CLOSE TO THE MO AND AR SATE... WHILE THE ENERGY SHEARS OVER THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. WILL ADD THE SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON DUE TO THE IN PLACE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 70 91 70 87 / 10 20 20 40 CAMDEN AR 71 92 70 92 / 10 20 20 30 HARRISON AR 69 89 67 85 / 10 20 20 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 71 92 70 90 / 10 20 20 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 72 92 71 90 / 10 20 20 40 MONTICELLO AR 72 92 71 92 / 10 20 20 30 MOUNT IDA AR 70 91 69 89 / 10 20 20 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 69 91 68 86 / 10 20 20 40 NEWPORT AR 71 92 71 88 / 10 20 20 40 PINE BLUFF AR 71 92 72 91 / 10 20 20 30 RUSSELLVILLE AR 70 91 69 88 / 10 20 20 40 SEARCY AR 71 91 71 89 / 10 20 20 40 STUTTGART AR 72 92 72 90 / 10 20 20 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...56 AVIATION...56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 910 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2010 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- 910 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IS MORNING OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS...WHILE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP DURING THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY AND WILL BE AIDED BY A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA AND ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT DEVELOP FROM A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. PATCHY FOG WILL AGAIN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAIN DURING THE DAY AND EARLY EVENING. A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS ARKANSAS...AND THE FOG WILL FORM OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME AREAS WILL BE SEEN...BE DENSE IN SPOTS WITH LOWER VISIBILITY LESS THAN A 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF BY MID MORNING ON TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP DURING THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY AND DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PULSE UP ENOUGH TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL ACTUALLY DECREASE BY MID WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN BUT TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE INTO THE 90S AREA WIDE BY NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56/59
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Additional heavy rainfall during the latter half of May kept the White River at Augusta above flood stage through the end of May into early June.
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