The Cache River at Patterson rose back above flood stage during the middle of the month of August as a result of additional heavy rainfall.
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The Cache River at Patterson rose back above flood stage during the middle of the month of August as a result of additional heavy 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 Aug 12, 11:30 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1230 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2014 .AVIATION... SCATTERED CUMULUS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...BUT VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. NORTH WINDS MAY BE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT/VARIABLE OVERNIGHT...AND BECOMING EASTERLY AFTER 13/12Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1030 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2014/ DISCUSSION... OVERALL FORECAST ON TRACK. WEAK COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG SE THROUGH AR...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. LITTLE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT...SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS...AND A COOLER AND DRIER ATMOSPHERE OVER AR. DEW POINT TEMPS WERE FROM THE 50S IN NORTHERN AR...WHILE MAINLY 60S BEHIND THE FRONT. A NORTHWEST SURFACE FLOW AND MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ARE ALSO NOTED. MONDAY PRECIP WATER VALUE WAS 2 INCHES...WHILE 12Z TUESDAY WAS 1.23 INCHES. TODAY WILL SEE SUNNY SKIES WITH TEMPS IN THE 80S ACROSS AR. WILL FINE TUNE A FEW ELEMENTS BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED WITH LATE MORNING UPDATE. (59) PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 406 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FRONT DROPPED SOUTH ACROSS THE CWA ON MON...WITH MAINLY A WIND SHIFT FROM SRLY WINDS TO NW BEHIND THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THE BOUNDARY OF MUCH DRIER AIR IS JUST NOW DROPPING SE THROUGH NW SECTIONS OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY...DEWPTS HAVE DROPPED OFF INTO THE 50S...WHILE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S DEWPTS REMAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT FURTHER SOUTH. EXPECT THIS DRIER AIR TO CONTINUE TO FILTER SWD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EVENTUALLY SETTLE OVER THE REGION BY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN THROUGH THU...KEEPING THE FORECAST DRY AND TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. DEEP SRLY FLOW WILL NOT RETURN ACROSS THE STATE UNTIL LATE IN THE PERIOD...SO KEEP THE FORECAST MAINLY DRY THROUGH FRI. HOWEVER...AN UPPER SHORT WAVE WILL BE DROPPING SE ACROSS THE PLAINS IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT. HAVE SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MENTIONED ACROSS THE NWRN COUNTIES FOR FRI NIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO THE STATE. BEST CHANCES FOR ANY PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY COME DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ARKANSAS WILL TRY TO BUILD TOWARD THE REGION. AS IT DOES SO...TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM UP...AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT WILL FEEL A LOT LIKE SUMMER IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. IT APPEARS A STORM SYSTEM ALOFT WILL WOBBLE TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. DATA SHOWS THE SYSTEM STAYING MOSTLY TO THE NORTH...BUT IT MAY BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BRING A FEW MORE CLOUDS AND AT LEAST SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-131000- 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 AUG 12 2014 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. 46
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Additional heavy rainfall during the middle of August caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the late morning hours of the 12th. This river fell back below flood stage during the afternoon hours on the 17th.
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