The Cache River at Patterson rose just above flood stage early in the month due to heavy spring rainfall.
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The Cache River at Patterson rose just above flood stage early in the month due to heavy spring 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 1, 8:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 955 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 .AVIATION... LOW CLOUDS WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT OVERNIGHT...WITH MVFR/IFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING. THERE WILL BE PATCHY FOG AS WELL. ANY FOG WILL LINGER UNTIL AROUND MID-MORNING WEDNESDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. LOW CLOUDS WILL HANG AROUND MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT MAY BREAK UP SOMEWHAT IN PLACES DURING THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS FROM 18 TO 26 MPH. (46) && .UPDATE... SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER OVER ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. THE WARM FRONT IS NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER. LOWERED WIND SPEEDS A BIT FOR OVERNIGHT AND ADDED SOME PATCHY FOG. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 237 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT MODELS REMAIN IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THIS PERIOD AND CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WITH UNSETTLED CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE THERE IS DECENT ENOUGH AGREEMENT IN THE SYNOPTIC SCALE...THERE ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THE FINER DETAILS WORTH NOTING. ECMWF HAS BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT SOLUTION WITH THIS SCENARIO BUT THE GFS IS SLOWLY TRENDING ITS WAY AND WHILE A BLEND OF SOLUTIONS IS PREFERRED...THERE WILL BE A LEAN TOWARDS THE ECMWF. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. BOUNDARY HAS BEEN QUASI-STATIONARY MOST OF THE DAY BUT EXPECTED TO LIFT TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY MORNING. DEW POINTS ACROSS THE STATE CURRENTLY RANGE FROMM THE UPPER 20S OVER THE NORTHWEST TO THE MID 60S OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OR REMAIN ELEVATED AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS TO THE NORTH. PWATS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 1 TO 1.5 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW AND SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW INCREASES. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE COURTESY OF A DEEP UPPER LOW OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND CLEARLY VISIBLE ON MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY. SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL RIPPLE THROUGH SAID FLOW AND WILL GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRETTY MUCH ANYTIME ON WEDNESDAY BUT CHANCES WILL BE BETTER IN THE AFTERNOON. POPS WILL BE IN THE SCATTERED CATEGORY AS TRYING TO NAIL DOWN THE TIMING OF THESE IMPULSES IN NO EASY TASK. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CAN NOT BE EXCLUDED WITH ELEVATED MOISTURE AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE HAVING THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING THE STRONGER STORMS. POPS WILL BE INCREASED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AS VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. TROUGH TAKES ON A SLIGHT NEGATIVE TILT AS IT PASSES THROUGH WITH THE ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW STRENGTHENING IN RESPONSE. SURFACE LOW WILL BE LOCATED IN CENTRAL MISSOURI BY THURSDAY EVENING WITH FROPA EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. MODELS CONTINUING TO POINT TOWARDS TWO ROUNDS OF CONVECTION COME THURSDAY. FIRST ROUND IS EXPECTED EARLY IN THE DAY WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE STRONGEST OF THE AFOREMENTIONED IMPULSES COMES THROUGH. ANOTHER...POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF CONVECTION...IS EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE AIDED BY GOOD JET DYNAMICS... AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL SHEER WITH TORNADOES A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. AREA WILL ALSO SEE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ..ESPECIALLY IF MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOP FROM WED NIGHT...DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...THEN FINALLY THU EVENING/NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE FRONT WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE STATE FRIDAY MORNING WITH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO ROUND OUT THE PERIOD. OVERALL THE MAV/MEX NUMBERS LOOK GOOD AND ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED. LONG TERM....SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE REGION SATURDAY...WITH DRY CONDITIONS BEGINNING THE LONG TERM. AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK...LARGE TROUGH OVER THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. SEVERAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...AND BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...DUE TO TIMING AND STRENGTH DIFFERENCES...HAVE LEFT ONLY SMALL RAIN CHANCES IN UNTIL BETTER AGREEMENT IS REACHED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO GUIDANCE...WHICH IS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 59 75 63 80 / 20 40 70 70 CAMDEN AR 62 78 66 80 / 20 40 40 70 HARRISON AR 57 73 62 78 / 30 40 70 70 HOT SPRINGS AR 61 76 65 79 / 20 40 60 70 LITTLE ROCK AR 61 76 65 80 / 20 40 60 70 MONTICELLO AR 61 78 66 81 / 10 40 40 60 MOUNT IDA AR 62 76 65 78 / 20 40 60 70 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 58 73 62 80 / 20 40 70 70 NEWPORT AR 59 75 64 79 / 10 40 70 70 PINE BLUFF AR 61 77 65 81 / 10 40 50 70 RUSSELLVILLE AR 60 74 64 79 / 20 40 70 70 SEARCY AR 60 75 64 79 / 10 40 70 70 STUTTGART AR 60 76 65 79 / 10 40 50 70 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000- 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 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE CHANCES FOR ANY HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES ACROSS THE REGION. THESE SYSTEMS WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO PRODUCE GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN CONCERNS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STATE. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY... BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT ENTERS TO AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY IF CLOUD COVER PERSISTS DURING MUCH OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. CURRENT FORECAST PARAMETERS DO INDICATE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ARKANSANS ARE REMINDED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE LATEST FORECASTS THE NEXT FEW DAYS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NECESSARY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy spring rainfall caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise just above flood stage during the late evening hours on the 1st, then the river fell back below flood stage during the evening hours on the 4th.
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