A series of heavy rain events throughout the winter months caused minor flooding along portions of the White and Cache Rivers.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A series of heavy rain events throughout the winter months caused minor flooding along portions of the White and Cache Rivers.
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 Jan 31, 11:32 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1132 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2012 .AVIATION...01/06Z TAF CYCLE A COLD FRONT REMAINS NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE STATE AND TEMPERATURES ARE SLOW TO FALL. CEILINGS WILL LOWER OVERNIGHT AND PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP. VFR CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MVFR AND SOME IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON...AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 910 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2012/ DISCUSSION... MAIN CONVECTION REMAINING OVER SE AR WITH SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. ONLY LIGHTER LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS CENTRAL AND NORTH. WILL FINE TUNE THUNDER TO S TO SE AREAS. WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AREAS...WHILE CHANCE OVER SOUTHERN AREAS OVERNIGHT. STRATUS CLOUDS HAVE FORMED OVER MUCH OF THE STATE WITH SOME PATCHES SEEN IN SPOTS. OVERALL WILL SEE A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY OVERNIGHT...AND IN THINNING CLOUD AREAS...WILL SEE SOME FOG FORMING AND WILL ADD PATCHY FOG TO FORECAST. WEAK COLD FRONT WAS OVER NE OK TO SW MO...AND IS EXPECTED TO SAG INTO AR OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL HELP WITH JUST ENOUGH LIFT TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS NORTHERN TO CENTRAL AREAS. MOST OF THE UPPER ENERGY SHEARS OUT OVER AR INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A NEARLY PARALLEL UPPER FLOW TO THE FRONT. ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPS AND DEW POINT TEMPS UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT DUE TO LATEST TRENDS. BETTER CHANCE OF CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY WITH A BIT BETTER UPPER LIFT. (59) PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 558 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2012/ AVIATION... A COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FROM WESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH OKLAHOMA INTO TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TONIGHT AS CEILINGS LOWER AND FOG INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA. SMALL CHANCES OF RAIN ARE ALSO EXPECTED CENTRAL AND SOUTH THIS EVENING. IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS CEILINGS DROP BELOW 1000 FT. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. INCLUDED A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR LATE IN THE PERIOD CENTRAL AND SOUTH. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2012/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS TO WATCH IN THE NEAR TERM. THE FIRST...A COLD FRONT...WILL SWING THROUGH FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT...WITH LOW QPF IN MOST AREAS. THE FRONT WILL STALL TO THE SOUTH ON THURSDAY...AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER. NO SIGNIFICANT COOLING IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY. THE STALLED FRONT WILL BEGIN LIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH...WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE/MORE UNSTABLE AIR BUILDING INTO THE REGION FROM THE GULF COAST. GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME...BUT THERE IS AT LEAST SOME CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER GIVEN THE PATTERN. WILL MONITOR THIS CLOSELY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY IN THIS PERIOD. PRECIPITATION FORECASTS REFLECT UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL DURING THE REST OF THIS PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 54 66 42 63 / 20 30 10 10 CAMDEN AR 57 72 49 69 / 30 40 10 10 HARRISON AR 49 63 39 62 / 20 20 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 57 69 45 67 / 20 40 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 56 69 46 66 / 30 40 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 57 71 50 68 / 30 40 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 56 68 44 66 / 20 30 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 50 65 39 63 / 20 20 10 10 NEWPORT AR 54 67 43 63 / 20 30 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 56 70 47 67 / 30 40 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 53 68 42 65 / 20 30 10 10 SEARCY AR 54 68 43 64 / 20 40 10 10 STUTTGART AR 56 69 46 65 / 30 40 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1210 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2012 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- 1210 PM CST TUE JAN 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THIS TIME AND THERE ARE INDICATIONS SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THE AREA WILL SEE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...SUBSEQUENT COMPUTER MODEL RUNS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:59 UTC.
2 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cache River at Patterson crested just over 10 feet as a series of heavy rain events during the winter months caused minor flooding through most of February.
The White River at Augusta crested just over 30 feet as a series of heavy rain events during the winter months caused minor flooding through most of February.
The White River at Clarendon crested just over 26.5 feet as a series of heavy rain events during the winter months caused minor flooding through most of February.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, February 2012
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: 360317, 360318, 360319.