Heavy rainfall sent the Cache River above flood stage for a second time in February.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall sent the Cache River above flood stage for a second time in February.
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 11, 3:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SUNNY SKIES AND W/SWLY SFC WINDS HAVE PUSHED THE MERCURY ABV THE FRZG MARK ACRS THE FA THIS AFTN. EVEN WITH THE EXTENSIVE SNOWPACK OVR MOST AREAS...MID AFTN TEMPS RANGED FM THE MID 30S TO THE MID 40S. QUITE IMPRESSIVE DIURNAL SWINGS IN THE MERCURY ALSO NOTED... WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING OVR A 40 DEGREE RECOVERY FM THIS MRNG/S LOWS. WX HEADLINE THRU THE PD WL BE THE MODERATING TREND ACRS THE REGION. SNOWCOVER WL CONT TO ERODE THE NEXT FEW DAYS THANKS TO CONTD SUNNY SKIES AND SWLY SFC WINDS. WL UNDERCUT MOS TEMPS...ESP FOR MINS...THE NEXT TWO DAYS WHERE DEEPER SNOWCOVER LINGERS. NWLY FLOW ALOFT WL ALLOW SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES TO PASS N OF AR THRU THE WEEKEND...WITH JUST SOME ASSOCD CLOUDS. A WEAK FNTL BNDRY WL ENTER NRN AR LATE SUN NGT...EVENTUALLY STALLING OUT AND DISSIPATING OVR THE FA MON. UPR FLOW WL GRADUALLY FLATTEN ACRS THE SRN PART OF THE NATION HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LONG TERM MODELS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES...WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION. PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE LONG TERM STILL SEEM MINIMAL...ALTHOUGH THERE SEEMS TO BE WEAK IMPULSES MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW BY WED AND THU. THIS WILL...AT THE VERY LEAST...INCREASE THE CLOUD COVER OVER THE REGION. BY THE VERY END OF THE PERIOD...THE RIDGE BEGINS SHIFTING EASTWARD OF THE STATE...WITH STRONGER SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE IN PLACE. RAIN CHANCES MAY BE POSSIBLE JUST BEYOND THE LONG TERM. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...44 / LONG TERM...58/224
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1020 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-121100- 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- 1020 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. 63/44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cache River rose slightly above flood stage.
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