Heavy springtime rainfall caused some rivers across the area to rise above flood stage.
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Heavy springtime rainfall caused some rivers across the area to rise above flood stage.
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 Apr 11, 11:17 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1217 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... && .AVIATION... SOME RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE SERN SITES...WHICH SHOULD SHIFT EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. MVFR CIGS REMAIN ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE STATE...BUT WILL SEE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HRS AS THE DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE. MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT INTO FRI...THOUGH SOME FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SERN SITES FRI MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1020 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013/ DISCUSSION... EARLIER UPDATE DID TAKE OUT MENTION OF THUNDER IN CENTRAL AR AND ONLY WENT WITH SHOWERS...KEPT THUNDER IN FAR SE AR PARTS. THE UPPER SYSTEM REMAINS SPINNING OVER THE UPPER CENTRAL PLAINS WITH SOME ENERGY MOVING OVER THE MS VALLEY. IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP SHOWERS OVER SE AR...WHILE POSSIBLE LIGHT SHOWERS OR JUST SOME SPRINKLES OVER CENTRAL TO WESTERN PARTS. WILL PROBABLY KEEP SOME SPRINKLES TO LIGHT SHOWERS CENTRAL AR...WHILE SHOWERS WITH SOME ELEVATED THUNDER OVER SE AR THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY MOVE E NE TODAY AND PUSH THE ENERGY AND THE UPPER TROUGH EAST OF AR AND PUSHING ALL OF THE RAIN EAST AND THEN GRADUALLY THIN CLOUDS. CURRENTLY SEEING EXTENSIVE HIGH CLOUDS WITH SOME LOWER CLOUDS OVER AR AND TEMPS WILL HAVE TO BE LOWERED. WILL FINE TUNE CLOUDS COVER...RAIN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURE FORECAST WITH LATE MORNING UPDATE. WILL KEEP MORE CLOUDS...LOWER TEMPS BACK INTO THE 50S AND PROBABLY HANG ON TO SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS...WITH A BIT MORE OVER THE SE. (59) PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 420 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT THE CDFNT THAT BROUGHT SVR WX TO PARTS OF AR ON WED WAS JUST E OF THE MS RVR EARLY THIS MRNG. BREEZY W/NWLY WINDS BEHIND THE FNT CONTD TO USHER MUCH COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION. MEANWHILE...A PERSISTENT AREA OF RAIN/ISOLD TSRA WAS SITUATED ACRS THE SERN THIRD OF AR EARLY THIS MRNG. OVERALL INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED SINCE MIDNIGHT. TEMPS AND PRECIP TRENDS WL BE THE FIRST CONCERN. MAIN UPR TROF OVR THE PLAINS STATES WL EVENTUALLY SHIFT EWD TODAY...ALLOWING PRECIP TO DCRS ACRS SERN AR TOWARD MIDDAY. WL BASE POPS THIS MRNG ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS. CLOUDS WL SLOLY DCRS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES OVR MOST AREAS...BUT TRENDED COOLER THAN MOS AS CLOUDS MAY HOLD IN LONGER THAN THE MODELS INDC. HIGH PRES IS PROGGED TO DROP SEWD ACRS TX AND LA TNGT AND FRI. THIS WL RESULT IN A GENERAL WESTERLY WIND FLOW ACRS THE FA. THE VALLEYS OF NRN AND WRN AR WL SEE TEMPS DROP INTO THE 30S LATE TNGT. HOWEVER...SINCE THE HIGH CENTER WL PASS S OF AR...THE RESULTING WLY WINDS WL TEND TO LIMIT FROST FORMATION. THUS...WL JUST MENTION PTCHY FROST IN THE VALLEY AREAS AND HOLD OFF ON ANY HEADLINES. TEMPS WL MAKE A NICE RECOVERY ON FRI WITH A CONTD WEST BREEZE... UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE UPR LVL WIND FLOW WL TEND TO FLATTEN HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. A WEAK UPR IMPULSE WL BRING AN INCRS IN CLOUDS TO THE AREA FRI NGT/SAT...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR. TEMPS WL QUICKLY MODIFY BY SUN AS HIGH PRES SHIFTS EWD AND SLY WINDS RETURN AS A NEW STORM SYS DVLPS OVR THE NRN PLAINS STATES. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO BEGIN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER ARKANSAS. AS THIS UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA TUESDAY AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG INTO THE ROCKIES. THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS MISSOURI MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY. THIS FRONT SHOULD THEN MOVE INTO NORTH ARKANSAS LATE TUESDAY AND THROUGH ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN WORK INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 52 38 62 38 / 20 10 10 10 CAMDEN AR 54 40 73 44 / 40 10 10 10 HARRISON AR 50 34 59 37 / 20 10 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 52 41 67 44 / 20 10 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 52 41 67 45 / 20 10 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 54 42 72 45 / 60 10 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 52 37 66 39 / 20 10 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 50 34 62 36 / 20 10 10 10 NEWPORT AR 53 38 62 39 / 20 10 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 54 42 69 45 / 50 10 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 52 38 66 39 / 20 10 10 10 SEARCY AR 52 37 65 39 / 20 10 10 10 STUTTGART AR 54 40 66 45 / 50 10 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 831 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-121000- 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- 831 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF ARKANSAS...BUT RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ANOTHER TENTH TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BEFORE NOON. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Fourche LaFave River near Houston rose above flood stage during the afternoon of the 11th, then remained above flood stage into the 12th. The river then fell below flood stage during the afternoon of the 12th.
The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the afternoon of the 11th, and remained above flood stage for over 2 weeks. The river fell below flood stage during the late afternoon hours on the 29th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2013
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: 445173, 445174.