Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Georgetown to rise above flood stage around noon on the 10th. This river fell back below flood stage during the evening hours of the 22nd.
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Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Georgetown to rise above flood stage around noon on the 10th. This river fell back below flood stage during the evening hours of the 22nd.
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 10, 11:20 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1220 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2015 .AVIATION... OVERALL VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ONLY SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WITH SOME CEILINGS...ARE EXPECTED TO STREAM IN FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL BE NW TO NE AT 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS OVER SOUTHERN AR. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AROUND 5 MPH TONIGHT FROM THE N TO NE. (59) && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT COLD FRONT MOVED INTO THE REGION DURING THE EVENING...WITH TEMPERATURES OVER 30 DEGREES COOLER ACROSS THE NORTH. THIS COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE AREA TODAY...WITH HIGHS TODAY IN THE UPPER 60S TO THE LOWER 70S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST SATURDAY...WITH SOUTH WINDS RETURNING. THE FRONT STALLED ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE NORTH SUNDAY...WITH RAIN CHANCES RETURNING TO THE FORECAST SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH MONDAY...AND HELP PUSH MOST OF THE MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE STATE BY MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THIS FRONT WILL MEANDER AROUND THE REGION AND WILL RETURN TO THE AREA IN THE LONG TERM. && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IT LOOKS UNSETTLED TO BEGIN THE PERIOD...WITH A FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST LIFTING TO THE NORTH ON TUESDAY. THAT WILL LEAD TO PLENTY OF CLOUDS AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL WEDNESDAY BEFORE A NEW COLD FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST. WHILE SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE DURING THE EXTENDED...IT APPEARS THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAIN. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...59
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111000- 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 FRI APR 10 2015 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STALLED FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL BACK TO THE NORTH LATE IN THE WEEKEND. THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A NEW COLD FRONT FROM THE PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE TWO FRONTS WILL CREATE AN UNSETTLED PATTERN SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. THE PATTERN WILL REPEAT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH ONE FRONT STALLING AND ANOTHER FRONT ARRIVING. THIS WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR RAIN IN THE FORECAST. WHILE THERE COULD BE SOME SEVERE WEATHER NEXT WEEK...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAIN. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
910 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM FLASH FLOOD BROWNSVILLE 35.60N 92.07W
04/09/2015 CLEBURNE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
COUNTY ROADS AND STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN
BROWNSVILLE AND HEBER SPRINGS.
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61PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1014 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0603 PM TSTM WND DMG EDEN ISLE 35.50N 92.11W
04/09/2015 CLEBURNE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO HOUSES REPORTED IN EDEN ISLE.
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61The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Georgetown to rise above flood stage around noon on the 10th. This river fell back below flood stage during the evening hours of the 22nd.
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