Heavy rainfall during the month caused the Cache River to rise above flood stage during the latter half of December. This river remained above flood stage into January.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall during the month caused the Cache River to rise above flood stage during the latter half of December. This river remained above flood stage into January.
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 Dec 15, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 525 PM CST SUN DEC 15 2013 .AVIATION... VFR THROUGHOUT THIS FORECAST PERIOD...EXCEPT FOR OCNL MVFR DUE TO BR AROUND KHRO AND KBPK NEAR SUNRISE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 223 PM CST SUN DEC 15 2013/ DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE ARE LIMITED IN THE SHORT TERM TO A TEMPERATURE FORECAST...WHILE POSSIBLE CHANCES OF RAIN AND CONVECTION...AND ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE LONG TERM. MORNING STRATUS HAS THINNED AND MOVED EAST OF AR...BRINGING SUNNY SKIES BUT SITLL A BIT COOLER TEMPS. AFTERNOON TEMPS WERE WARNING TO THE 40S TO LOWER 50S STATE WIDE. THE SURFACE HIGH HAS PUSHED SOUTH TO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY WTIH A LIGHT SW FLOW COMING BACK TO AR. ALOFT THE UPPER TROUGH WAS PULLING OFF TO THE NE U.S. SOME HIGH MOISTURE IS SEEN IN THE UPPER NW FLOW...AND SOME CIRRUS WILL STREAD SOUTH OVER AR. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE PERIOD WILL START WITH THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH OF AR AND A S TO SW WIND FLOW WILL RETURN AND HELP WARM TEMPS. THIS HOLDS THROUGH TUESDAY BUT THEN A WEAK COLD FRONT SAGS INTO NORTHERN AR LATER IN THE DAY...BUT DOES NOT BRING MUCH WITH IT BUT A WIND SHIFT OVER THE NORTH...THEN LIFTS BACK TO THE NORTH BY WEDNESDAY. SOME INCREASING CLOUDS LATER WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT AR. AS MENTIONED TEMPS WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES THROUGH THE WEEK...REACHING THE 40S FOR LOWS...WHILE HIGHS 50S TO STRAT...THEN 60S BY THURSDAY. ALSO DRY WEATHER WITH MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AGREEMENT IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD IS NOT GREAT WITH THE LATEST MODEL RUNS FROM THIS MORNING. BY THURSDAY A DEEP TROUGH WILL BE DIGGING SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST...WITH BROAD AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. AT THE SURFACE..LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WILL LIFT NORTHEAST THU NIGHT AND FRI...PUSHING A FRONT AND INCREASING RAIN CHANCES BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA. IN THIS...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT. HOWEVER THEY DIVERGE QUICKLY AFTER MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE TAKES THE WEST COAST TROUGH AND TRANSITIONS IT TO A CUTOFF LOW OVER THE BAJA PENINSULA...WHILE THE EURO MAINTAINS AN OPEN WAVE AND BRINGS IT ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE WEEKEND. THE RESULT IS A MUCH WETTER FORECAST IN THE EURO...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINS AND EVEN SOME SEVERE WEATHER. MEANWHILE THE GFS PUSHES THE THU/FRI FRONT THROUGH THE AREA BY FRI NIGHT AND HAS A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DO NOT FULLY BUY INTO EITHER SOLUTION AT THIS POINT GIVEN HOW FAR OUT IT IS...AND THE EMERGENCE OF A DRIER PATTERN. SINCE THERE IS SUCH DISAGREEMENT...DID LOWER POPS SIGNIFICANTLY FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS...THOUGH DID KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES GOING FRIDAY NIGHT ONWARD. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY AND ON FRIDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD 60S FORECAST BOTH DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL FAL BACK TOWARDS NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL VALUES DURING THE WEEKEND. FINALLY...DID KEEP IN A MENTION OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE NORTH EARLY SAT MORNING AS COLD AIR SLIDES INTO NW ARKANSAS BEHIND THE FRONT. WHETHER THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT ON HOW THE UPPER PATTERN EVOLVES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 30 51 32 55 / 0 0 0 0 CAMDEN AR 32 60 38 63 / 0 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 30 53 32 55 / 0 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 32 60 34 61 / 0 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 32 58 33 60 / 0 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 32 59 36 62 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 31 60 33 62 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 29 52 32 54 / 0 0 0 0 NEWPORT AR 31 51 32 56 / 0 0 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 32 59 35 61 / 0 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 30 56 31 59 / 0 0 0 0 SEARCY AR 32 54 32 57 / 0 0 0 0 STUTTGART AR 33 55 34 58 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 505 PM CST SUN DEC 15 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161100- 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- 505 PM CST SUN DEC 15 2013 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY...AND SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW FAR SOUTH THE COLD AIR WILL MAKE IT BEFORE THE FRONT STALLS. ON SATURDAY...A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE STALLED FRONT...AND AREAS OF RAIN WILL BREAK OUT. SOME DATA IS SHOWING HEAVY RAIN IN PLACES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE READINGS COULD FALL BELOW FREEZING IN THE FAR NORTHWEST BY DAWN SUNDAY. IF THIS HAPPENS...SOME FREEZING RAIN WOULD RESULT. THIS SITUATION IS SEVERAL DAYS AWAY...AND THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE EXPECTED EVENT. FORECAST CHANGES ARE LIKELY AS MORE DATA IS RECEIVED. .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. 51/59/46
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall during the month caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the evening hours on the 15th. This river remained above flood stage into January.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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