Flooding on rivers within the White River basin continued into May as a result of heavy springtime rainfall.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Flooding on rivers within the White River basin continued into May as a result of heavy springtime rainfall.
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 30, 11:06 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1206 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 .AVIATION... OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST...AS AN UPPER LOW OVER THE LOUISIANA COAST PUSHES MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE REGION. INITIALLY...CONDITIONS WILL START OUT VFR...THEN DROP DOWN TO MVFR...WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING. PRECIPITATION COULD LOCALLY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES AS WELL. TAFS OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 900 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013/ DISCUSSION... OVERALL FORECAST ON TRACK. INCREASING CLOUDS OVER SOUTHERN AR DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. MOST CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN AR SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY...BUT LIGHT ACTIVITY MAY LIFT NORTHWARD FROM N LA LATE TONIGHT. LOW TEMPS WILL BE MILD WITH MAINLY THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. (59) && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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- 500 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS COLD FRONT...BUT AT THIS TIME ANY COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN LOW. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT FOR LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .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. 51
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy springtime rainfall kept the White River at Augusta above flood stage from April into much of May before finally dropping below flood stage during the morning of the 23rd.
Heavy springtime rainfall kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage from April through all of May, continuing into the month of June.
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, May 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: 453676, 453679.