The White River at Des Arc rose above flood stage during the middle of the month.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
The White River at Des Arc rose above flood stage during the middle of the month.
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 20, 5:19 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 519 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2015 .AVIATION... PRECIP WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION AS THE LOWER LEVELS MOISTEN UP. BY 06Z...SHRA OR -RA WILL BE PREVALENT...WITH CEILINGS AND VISBYS RESTRICTED TO MVFR OR LOWER. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE DURING THE DAY MONDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION MOVING EASTWARD IN THE MORNING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE INTO THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH MVFR CEILINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN MUCH OF THE AREA...AND IFR CEILINGS WILL BE LIKELY AT LLQ. ALSO...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AOA 10 KNOTS AND GUSTS APPROACHING 15-20 KNOTS. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR OF 45 KNOTS OR GREATER WILL BE PRESENT AT FL020. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2015/ DISCUSSION... AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PERIOD IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH THIS WEEK ACROSS ARKANSAS. A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL AFFECT THE MID SOUTH FOR MOST OF THIS PERIOD....WITH SEVERAL DISTURBANCES IN THIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THE FIRST WILL SUPPORT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...MOVING TO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...BEFORE STALLING LATE MONDAY. GENERALLY LIGHT CONVECTION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY. FORECAST INSTABILTY AND SHEAR PROFILES DO SUPPORT SOME ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...LATER FORECASTS WILL BETTER ABLE TO REFINE TIMING AND LOCATIONS OF THIS POTENTIAL THREAT. DETERMINSTIC OUTPUT FROM SEVERAL MEDIUM RANGE MODEL RUNS POINT TOWARDS A CLOSED SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE MID SOUTH LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM THIS FAR OUT...BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS SYSTEM CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL IMPACT WEATHER CONDITIONS. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...57
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211100- BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD- INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY- FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND- SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT- JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA-CALHOUN- BRADLEY-DREW- 500 AM CST SUN DEC 20 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE A STALLED FRONT IN OR NEAR THE STATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WHILE THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN SURROUNDING THE FRONT...IT IS UNCERTAIN WHERE THE FRONT WILL SETUP. MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW AS THE SCENARIO BECOMES MORE CLEAR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && 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.
The White River at Des Arc rose above flood stage during the evening hours on the 20th, remaining above flood stage into January.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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