The Cache River rose above flood stage during the early part of September as a result of additional heavy rainfall.
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The Cache River rose above flood stage during the early part of September 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 Sep 3, 11:15 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1215 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... && .AVIATION... SOME LOW MVFR CIGS ARE STILL HANGING ON EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SO HAVE KEPT MENTION OF THIS FOR SOME SITES FOR THE NEXT HR OR TWO. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN...WITH GENERALLY SCT TO BKN CU ABOVE 3 KFT. SOME ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA COULD BE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HAVE ONLY MENTIONED VCTS AT THIS TIME AT SITES THAT WILL HAVE BEST POTENTIAL. OVERNIGHT...WILL PROBABLY SEE MORE FOG/LOW CIGS AS WINDS WILL AGAIN BE LIGHT. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL THEN BE SEEN BY LATE THU MORNING. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA TODAY...PUSHING A BOUNDARY BACK TO THE NORTH. CONVECTION IN THE PLAINS...WHICH HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THE LAST FEW NIGHTS...SHOULD MOSTLY STAY NORTH OF THE AREA TODAY. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH...AND A WEAK WAVE MOVES AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. THURSDAY SHOULD BE DRY BEFORE THE RIDGE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN...AND ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE PLAINS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...LIKELY BRINGING THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL ALSO COOL TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER TEXAS TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD PROVIDING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. THE HIGH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A ZONAL FLOW TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE STATE...AND SHOULD EXIT BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE IN THE MORNING THEN DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE PLAINS MONDAY AND THEN THROUGH MISSOURI AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE NORTH...AND BEGINNING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 91 70 94 73 / 20 10 10 10 CAMDEN AR 91 72 94 74 / 20 10 10 10 HARRISON AR 89 70 92 71 / 20 10 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 91 74 93 74 / 20 10 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 92 74 94 74 / 20 10 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 92 73 92 74 / 20 10 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 90 71 92 73 / 20 10 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 91 70 94 72 / 20 10 10 10 NEWPORT AR 91 70 93 73 / 20 10 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 91 71 93 74 / 20 10 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 92 71 94 73 / 20 10 10 10 SEARCY AR 92 70 93 73 / 20 10 10 10 STUTTGART AR 92 72 92 74 / 20 10 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 659 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000- 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- 659 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID MORNING FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THOUGH MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF ARKANSAS...SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT NORTH AND EAST ARKANSAS DURING THE DAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL START FRIDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. ALTHOUGH A STRONG STORM OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 3rd, then fell back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 11th.
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