Heavy rainfall later in the month caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise back above flood stage.
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Heavy rainfall later in the month caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise back 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 Jul 24, 2:27 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 327 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY COMPLEX OF STORMS CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS ERN OK THIS MORNING...WITH THE MOST INTENSE AREA ALONG THE LEADING EDGE NOW ENTERING NERN TX. WIDESPREAD SHRA WITH SOME TSRA EXTENDS FURTHER EAST INTO MUCH OF WRN AND EVEN CENTRAL AR...WITH MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING. THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THIS WHOLE AREA OF PRECIP HAS BEEN WEAKENING OVER TIME...WITH THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE LZK CWA BEING HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT HAS ALSO BEEN WANING SOME RECENTLY AS THE CLUSTERS OF MORE INTENSE UPDRAFTS/RESULTING HIGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED. EVEN SO...CONTINUED WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL KEEP RUNOFF ONGOING FOR LONGER THAN IF PRECIP WERE TO END COMPLETELY. THE HIGHEST FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE FAR WRN COUNTIES THIS MORNING...THOUGH AS TIME GOES ON...PROBABLY ALLOW FFWS TO EXPIRE WITH THE LACK OF ADDITIONAL HIGH PRECIP CONVECTION. FORECAST FOR THE REST THIS WED WILL BE DEPENDING ON HOW SOON THE ATMOSPHERE RECOVERS FROM THIS OVERNIGHT CONVECTION...AND WHERE ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SET UP. IN ADDITION TO THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...A COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING SOUTH INTO AR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HRS. BEST POPS LOOK TO REMAIN ACROSS THE SRN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA WHERE THE HIGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE. SOME STRONG TO SVR STORMS COULD DEVELOP...WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESULTING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. OVERNIGHT INTO THU...THE FRONT WILL DROP FURTHER SW ACROSS THE STATE...WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR PRECIP SHIFTING SW. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN JUST BEHIND THE FRONT ON THU...ACROSS THE NERN TWO-THIRDS TO THREE-FOURTHS OF THE STATE. CHANCES FOR PRECIP EXPAND BACK ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA BY FRI INTO SAT AS AN UPPER TROUGH DROPS SE ACROSS THE REGION...AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE. && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MODELS RMN IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS MRNG WITH OVERALL FCST TRENDS THRU THE PD. A FNTL BNDRY IS FCST TO BE SITUATED TO THE S OF AR ON SUN...WITH RAINFALL ASSOCD WITH IT HAVING SHIFTED SE OF THE FA. A WEAK RDG OF HIGH PRES WL BE BLDG INTO THE REGION FOR SUN INTO EARLY MON. HEADING INTO LATE MON AND TUE...A NEW UPR LVL TROF WL APCH AR FM THE W. AN ASSOCD SFC LOW IS FCST TO MOVE EWD FM THE PLAINS STATES...WITH RAIN CHCS RETURNING TO PARTS OF AR. MODELS CONT TO INDC THE BEST RAIN CHCS WITH THIS SYS WL BE ACRS THE NRN HALF OF THE STATE. OPTED TO MENTION LOW CHC POPS FOR NOW AND MONITOR LATER MODEL TRENDS. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO RMN CLOSE TO OR SLGTLY BLW SEASONAL NORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 88 64 86 64 / 40 10 10 10 CAMDEN AR 92 72 92 71 / 50 20 20 20 HARRISON AR 86 65 87 64 / 40 10 10 40 HOT SPRINGS AR 91 70 91 69 / 50 20 20 20 LITTLE ROCK AR 90 69 89 67 / 50 20 10 20 MONTICELLO AR 91 71 90 69 / 50 20 20 10 MOUNT IDA AR 90 70 89 68 / 50 20 20 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 87 64 87 65 / 30 10 10 20 NEWPORT AR 88 64 85 63 / 40 10 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 91 69 89 67 / 50 20 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 91 70 91 68 / 40 20 10 30 SEARCY AR 89 66 87 64 / 40 10 10 10 STUTTGART AR 89 67 87 65 / 50 20 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...62 / LONG TERM...44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 802 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-250115- 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- 802 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND LIKELY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL AS A FRONT MOVES INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH TO SUPPORT ONGOING CONVECTION. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING THROUGH DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ALSO...SOME PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS SAW THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY AND YESTERDAY AS WELL. ANY FURTHER HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE STALLING. THE FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT...SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IT WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A NEW COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE PLAINS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BUILD FROM KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA INTO ARKANSAS. SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED MAINLY FROM LITTLE ROCK NORTHWARD...WITH HIT AND MISS STORMS FARTHER SOUTH. THE NEW FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...BUT MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTH. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1141 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013
ARZ037-040-240540-
POLK AR-SCOTT AR-
1141 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SCOTT AND POLK COUNTIES
UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...
AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY...MAINLY
FROM WALDRON WESTWARD TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT
20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALDRON... MENA...
CANEY CREEK WILDERNESS... WICKES...
VANDERVOORT... SHADY...
QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK...
POLK COUNTY FAIRGNDS... OPAL...
OLIVER... MOUNTAIN FORK... MORGAN SPRINGS...
MENA INTERMOUNTAIN AIRPORT... MCCAULEY...
LAKE WILHELMINA... LAKE MENA... LAKE HINKLE...
HATFIELD...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3493 9445 3496 9437 3496 9426 3497 9424
3500 9424 3501 9398 3456 9394 3435 9394
3435 9424 3419 9425 3419 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 354DEG 19KT 3484 9426
44SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1238 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013
ARZ052-053-240610-
CLARK AR-PIKE AR-
1238 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF
NARROWS DAM TO 9 MILES WEST OF OKOLONA TO 5 MILES WEST OF OKOLONA TO
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OKOLONA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OKOLONA... BEIRNE... SHAWMUT...
PISGAH... PIKE CITY... DELIGHT...
BURTSELL... BILLSTOWN... ANTOINE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 58.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!
LAT...LON 3382 9320 3383 9328 3385 9331 3390 9331
3395 9337 3394 9342 3396 9347 3394 9352
3396 9361 3421 9370 3427 9347 3381 9314
3380 9318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 310DEG 10KT 3413 9356 3404 9346
3398 9342 3393 9336
62The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall during the latter half of the month caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the early morning hours on the 24th. This river remained above flood stage into the month of August.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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