The White River at Patterson rose above flood stage once again during the middle of September.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
The White River at Patterson rose above flood stage once again during the middle of September.
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 Sep 14, 8:50 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 950 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010 .UPDATE... LAST OF THE RAINFALL ENDED ARND SUNSET THIS EVENING. EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT. PTCHY FOG WL CONT TO FORM OVR PARTS OF WRN AR WHERE RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY. SOME LOCATIONS OVR W-CNTRL AR ARE ALREADY CLOSE TO FCST MINS...SO WENT AHEAD OF LOWERED READINGS A FEW MORE DEGREES IN THOSE AREAS. REST OF FCST IN GOOD SHAPE. ALL PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. /44/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 635 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010/ AVIATION... SCATTERED SHRA CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...HAVE VCSH AND TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS AT KHOT AND KLIT. AS SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT...WITH LIGHT/CALM WINDS. HAVE ADDED TEMPO GROUP FOR MVFR FOG AT KHOT OVERNIGHT...DUE TO RAINFALL ACROSS THE WEST TODAY. MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 259 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010/ SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... THE MAIN CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM PD LIE WITH ONGOING SHOWERS OVER WRN AR AND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE ON THU. SHOWERS AND A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER MOVED THROUGH NWRN AR EARLIER TODAY AS A CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW RACED SOUTH FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION IN THE CEN PLAINS. THIS ACTIVITY...CONFINED TO MAINLY WRN AR...IS CURRENTLY WEAKENING WITH MOST AREAS LIKELY TO BE COMPLETELY DRY BY 00Z THIS EVENING. A SIMILAR SETUP TO MON AFTERNOON IS IN PLACE FOR MORE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CEN PLAINS...BUT BELIEVE ANY COMPLEX WILL REMAIN FURTHER NORTH THIS TIME AROUND. THIS...COMBINED WITH A SERIOUS LACK OF INSTABILITY...SHOULD RESULT IN A DRY FCST THROUGH THE NEXT 24-30HRS THOUGH AN EYE WILL HAVE TO BE KEPT ON NRN AR AS A SHRTWV PASSES THROUGH MO TMRW AFTERNOON. THIS SHRTWV IS IN THE PROCESS OF SPINNING UP A LEE SIDE CYCLONE WHICH WILL MOVE FROM WRN KS TONIGHT TO CHICAGO ON WED NIGHT. THIS LOW WILL TAIL A COLD FRONT THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE INTO AR ON THU MORNING. THE BETTER UPR FORCING IN ASSOC WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SHRTWV WILL HOWEVER ALREADY BE EAST OF THE STATE WITH THE FRONT BECOMING PARALLEL TO THE UPR FLOW AND WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO AR. LIMITED RETURN FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF INSTABILITY AND AS SUCH HAVE LEFT CHCS FOR PRECIP ON THU ON THE LOW SIDE. DRY HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO BECOME ENTRENCHED BEYOND THU WITH A RETURN TO HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES FOR AT LEAST THE WRN 2/3RDS OF THE STATE ON FRIDAY AS MOISTURE POOLS ALONG THE REMNANT FRONT. HIGH AND LOW TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE INCREASING LL MOISTURE MAKING FRIDAY FEEL THE WARMEST. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE IN THE LONG TERM...AND WILL COVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. UNDER THE HIGH...DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD...IT APPEARS THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST...BUT WILL HAVE TROUBLE PENETRATING INTO THE REGION WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE. MAY HAVE TO INTRODUCE POPS IN NORTHERN/WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE LATE TUESDAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. FOR NOW...LEFT IT DRY. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 845 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000- 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- 845 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The White River at Patterson rose above flood stage on the evening of the 14th, and then remained less than a foot above flood stage through the afternoon of the 19th.
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