Persistent thunderstorms led to flash flooding over a small part of north central Arkansas on the afternoon of the 30th.
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Persistent thunderstorms led to flash flooding over a small part of north central Arkansas on the afternoon of the 30th.
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 30, 11:36 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1236 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014 .AVIATION... MOST AREAS ARE VFR NOW...BUT CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS AN UPPER WAVE MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND TRAVERSES SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. MAINLY STRATIFORM RAIN WILL BE NOTED...BUT WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY...AS THE WAVE EXITS THE REGION TO THE EAST. PRECIPITATION SHOULD KEEP VISBY AND CEILING RESTRICTIONS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...PARTICULARLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. OVER THE NORTHWEST...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS ABUNDANT...AND MID/HIGH CLOUDS MAY BRIEFLY BREAK. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. OVER THE SOUTHEAST...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER 08Z AS THE AFOREMENTIONED WAVE MOVES EAST. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AS WELL AT LLQ...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AOA 10 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TAFS ALREADY OUT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1034 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014/ UPDATE... THE UPPER TROUGH IS OVER OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME AND BRINGING A SOUTHWEST FLOW TO ARKANSAS. THIS WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO SOUTHEAST AND EAST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP BEST RAIN CHANCES IN THE EAST AND LESSER CHANCES IN THE WEST. INCREASED POPS THIS AFTERNOON AND CLOUD COVER...AND INCREASED CENTRAL ARKANSAS MAX TEMPERATURES A DEGREE. WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER...MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 451 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000- 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- 451 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD OCCUR AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN MORE THAN HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOME RAINFALL MAY LINGER INTO SUNDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST...BUT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE. NO SEVER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. NEXT WEEK A DRYING AND SLIGHT WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. .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.
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding, which washed out or damaged 20 county roads. County dump trucks were called out to begin road repairs. The Monarch area received 3.5 inches of rain in one hour.
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