Heavy rainfall during the last several months has allowed some rivers in the White River Basin to continue to remain above flood stage into March. During March however, these rivers did finally drop below flood stage during the first week of the month.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall during the last several months has allowed some rivers in the White River Basin to continue to remain above flood stage into March. During March however, these rivers did finally drop below flood stage during the first week of the month.
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 Feb 28, 11:28 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1128 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2010 .AVIATION... PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH MOISTURE STREAMING IN AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM. THIS IS EVIDENT BY THE HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING IN FROM THE WEST. BEST -RA CHANCES WILL BEGIN AFTER 12Z...FROM THE WEST AND SPREAD EAST. LIMITED CHANCES FURTHER NORTH OF LLQ...WITH THE SFC LOW SKIRTING SOUTH OF THE AREA ACROSS LA. 00Z MODELS ARE COMING IN MORE DRY THAN PREVIOUS RUN. 00Z LZK SOUNDING SHOWING A VERY DRY PROFILE ABOVE THE SFC...WITH PWAT VALUES AROUND 0.18 INCHES. WITH SUCH A LARGE TEMP/DEW PT SPREAD...PRECIP WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING IT TO THE SFC. BESIDES -RA TEMPO GROUPS AT LLQ...DID NOT GO ANY HIGHER THAN PROB30 FURTHER NORTH. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 153 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2010/ DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE ARE CHANCES OF RAIN ON MONDAY WITH EXPECTED SYSTEM TO MOVE. TEMP FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THEN NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE WEEKEND. CLOUDS HAVE STREAMED IN FROM THE WEST...BUT DID THIN OVER AR IN THE AFTERNOON...SO MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT. SURFACE RIDGING OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE...12Z KLZK SOUNDING HAD A PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 0.10 INCHES...WHILE DEW POINT TEMPS IN THE 20S. LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST SURFACE FLOW. THE UPPER LOW HAS MOVED TO SW NM...WITH MOISTURE PLUME PUSHING EAST. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH FORMING THE SURFACE LOW OVER WEST TX...THEN MOVING IT QUICKLY SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE TX AND LA COASTLINE. WILL TREND WITH EURO AND NAM...WHILE GFS FASTER THAN BOTH. ALL GENERALLY HAVE QPF FIELD BACK TO AR...WITH MOST OVER SOUTHERN AR. TEMP TRENDS KEEP ALL ABOVE FREEZING EXCEPT SMALL AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE...AND TIME PERIOD IS ONLY A FEW HOURS. HENCE FORECAST CONTINUES WITH LIGHT MIX POSSIBLE...BUT OVERALL THREAT IS LOW AND NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES ALONG THE GULF AND MONDAY NIGHT...ANY REMAINING PRECIP WILL END WITH LITTLE THREAT FOR ANY WINTER PRECIP ON BACK SIDE. THE UPPER LOW AND TROUGH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF AR BY 12Z TUE. DRY AND COOLER AIR FILTER IN OVER AR ON TUESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST...AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THE SURFACE RIDGE HOLDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK...AS TEMPS GRADUALLY MODERATE. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LONG TERM BEGINS WITH MAINLY NORTH AND NW FLOW ALOFT OVER AR...WITH UPPER TROUGH OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST STATES AND LONGWAVE UPPER RIDGE OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL CONUS. UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS THU INTO FRI...WITH PRECIP EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL PASS NORTH OF AR...BUT KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AS FAR SOUTH AS AR...MAINLY OVER WRN AR. AS THIS SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST AS WELL. A MUCH STRONGER UPPER TROUGH WILL THEN TRANSLATE EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES THEN INTO THE PLAINS STATES. AHEAD OF THIS SECOND TROUGH...SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE ROCKIES...AND LIFT NE LATE IN THE PERIOD. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH INDICATE THIS SCENARIO DEVELOPING...HOWEVER...THEY DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE TIMING...AND TO SOME EXTENT THE STRENGTH OF DEVELOPING SFC LOW. WILL ONLY MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SUN FOR NOW WITH THIS APPROACHING TROUGH DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES IN TIMING...AND BEING AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. ALSO HAVE INCREASING TEMPS INTO THE 60S WITH THE PERSISTENT SRLY GULF FLOW THIS COMING WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 30 46 30 44 / 10 20 10 10 CAMDEN AR 37 47 35 50 / 20 50 40 10 HARRISON AR 29 45 26 44 / 10 10 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 35 47 33 49 / 20 30 20 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 34 47 33 47 / 10 20 20 10 MONTICELLO AR 36 47 36 47 / 10 40 30 10 MOUNT IDA AR 35 47 32 50 / 20 30 20 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 29 45 27 44 / 10 10 10 10 NEWPORT AR 31 46 31 44 / 0 20 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 35 47 35 46 / 10 30 20 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 32 47 30 46 / 10 20 10 10 SEARCY AR 32 47 31 46 / 10 20 10 10 STUTTGART AR 34 47 34 46 / 10 20 20 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...61/62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011100- 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- 500 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH THAT SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH NO PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG THE GULF COAST...WITH ARKANSAS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SYSTEM. PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES NEAR THE LOUISIANA BORDER. WITH THE LIMITED MOISTURE AVAILABLE...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. DURING THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS MONDAY...SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE RAINFALL...BUT NO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST LATE MONDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...AND OUT OF THE STATE BY TUESDAY MORNING. .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. 58
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
This flooding was a continuation of flooding from February and previous months. Heavy rainfall from previous months kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage for several months. The river finally dropped below flood stage during the early morning hours of the 3rd.
This flooding was a continuation of flooding from February and previous months. Heavy rainfall from previous months kept the White River at Augusta above flood stage for several months. The river finally dropped below flood stage during the morning hours of the 6th.
This flooding was a continuation of flooding from February and previous months. Heavy rainfall from previous months kept the White River at Clarendon above flood stage for several months. The river finally dropped below flood stage during the early evening hours of the 7th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 221181, 221187, 221188.