Heavy rainfall from December kept rivers at some sites in the White River Basin above flood stage into January.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall from December kept rivers at some sites in the White River Basin above flood stage into January.
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 Dec 31, 11:38 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1138 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2013 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF CYCLE. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS AFTER 02/02Z...WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST/NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. HAVE ADDED VCSH AS PRECIP WILL MAINLY BE POST FRONTAL AND JUST PAST THIS TAF CYCLE. ACROSS THE SOUTH...MUCH OF THE RAINFALL WILL STAY SOUTH OF THE STATE...BUT STRATUS WILL MOVE IN AFTER 02/00Z BRINGING MVFR CIGS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 228 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2013/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LOCAL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED CONSIDERABLY FROM MORNING LOWS...WITH MOST LOCATIONS AT OR EXPECTED TO REACH ABOVE NORMAL VALUES. EXPECT ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL DIURNAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURES THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SHORT WAVE ENERGY IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AS IT APPROACHES THE MID SOUTH EARLY IN THIS PERIOD. THIS ENERGY WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER COLD SURGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S. FORECAST Q-VECTORS INDICATE A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING ENERGY. HOWEVER...AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED ACROSS THE STATE. ANY WINTER ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS REGIONS ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER. THE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER...AND WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMED BACK TO NEAR NORMAL ON SATURDAY...JUST IN TIME FOR THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH THE MID SOUTH LATE SATURDAY/SUNDAY. LOWS ON SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S SO A WINTRY MIX CAN BE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. THE RAIN/SNOW LINE OVERNIGHT WILL BE JUST NORTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR...WHERE ANYTHING SOUTH WILL STAY MAINLY LIQUID. TEMPS SHOULD WARM INTO THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO ALL LIQUID EXPECTED. PRECIP WILL BE TAPERING OFF BY SUNSET...HOWEVER THE MOISTURE WILL WRAP AROUND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR POSSIBLY A BRIEF CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY ACROSS NORTH ARKANSAS. GFS/ECMWF ARE SUGGESTING ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO THREE INCH ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AR/MO BORDER...WITH NEAR HALF OF AN INCH A FEW COUNTIES SOUTH. AGAIN THERE IS MUCH TO DECIPHER IN THE COMING DAYS...WHERE DETAILS WILL BE FINE TUNED. MONDAY/TUESDAY WILL BE COOL AND DRY...WITH TUESDAY THE COLDEST AS AN ARCTIC HIGH SETS UP TO OUR NORTH AND COLD AIR SPILLS DOWN FROM CANADA. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1050 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011100- 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- 1050 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION RETURNS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE MIXING OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH COULD BE SEEN ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WITH CLOSER TO HALF OF AN INCH FURTHER SOUTH IN PORTIONS IN THE OZARK MOUNTAIN REGION. CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY ONLY SEE A DUSTING. THEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL BRING CHANCES FOR RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW MIX MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .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. 51/61
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall in December and early January kept the White River at Augusta above flood stage through much of January. The river fell below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 24th.
Heavy rainfall in December and early January kept the White River at Clarendon above flood stage through much of January. The river fell below flood stage during the morning hours of the 25th.
Heavy rainfall in December and early January kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage through much of January. The river fell below flood stage during the evening hours of the 27th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 495911, 495912, 495913.