Flooding returned on the White River Basin during the middle of July.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Flooding returned on the White River Basin during the middle of July.
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 Jul 15, 7:30 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 830 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 .DISCUSSION... EVENING CONVECTION FINALLY WINDING DOWN. HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY SHIFT. MAINLY WIND...HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING REPORTED...LITTLE HAIL REPORTS. STORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DID BACK BUILD IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL TO NORTHERN AR. SAW MANY OUT FLOW BOUNDARIES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER WHICH KEPT CONVECTION ON GOING MORE THAN NORMAL. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST A FEW TIMES FOR CONVECTION TRENDS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO THROUGH LATE EVENING. WILL KEEP SOME SLIGHT CHANCES IN OVERNIGHT FORECAST IN CENTRAL...PARTS OF NORTH AND EAST. WILL ADD PATCHY FOG TO FORECAST ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAIN. ALSO RAISED POPS A BIT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO UNSTABLE AND HOT ATMOSPHERE...AS WELL AS EXPECTED INTERACTION WITH LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES. EVEN IF THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN A BIT MORE...WILL STILL SEE SOME AT LEAST ISOLATED CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL TO EASTERN AREAS. LATE EVENING UPDATE WILL FINE TUNE CONVECTION...CLOUDS...LOW TEMPS AND A FEW OTHER ELEMENTS. (59) && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 642 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015/ .DISCUSSION... UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... && .AVIATION... SOME SHRA/TSRA ONGOING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HRS BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. EVEN SO...SOME MVFR CONDITIONS COULD BE SEEN AT SOME SITES. OVERNIGHT...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN...BUT HAVE MENTIONED SOME PATCHY FOG ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL WAS SEEN THIS AFTERNOON. SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THU AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 312 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 / SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT SCTD STORMS HAVE FORMED FM N-CNTRL SEWD INTO CNTRL AND ERN AR THIS AFTN. ACTIVITY LOCATED ALONG A WEAK CONVERGENCE ZONE/LEFTOVER OUTFLOW BNDRY/S WHERE DEWPOINTS HAVE POOLED. WITH TEMPS WELL INTO THE 90S...DOWNBURST WINDS WL BE THE MAIN THREAT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. ACTIVITY SHLD DIMINISH AFT SUNSET THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...UPR LVL RDG WL REGAIN CONTROL ACRS THE MID SOUTH THRU THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WL RESULT IN CONTD IN OPPRESSIVE HEAT OVR AR. AFTN HEAT INDICES FM 105 TO 110 WL BE COMMON THRU FRI OVR ALL BUT N-CNTRL AR...WITH THE HEAT ADVY EXTENDED THRU FRI. LOW LVL MIXING WL INCRS LATER IN THE PD...ALLOWING FOR BETTER MIXING AND LOWERING OF AFTN DEWPOINTS. STUCK WITH PERSISTENCE REGARDING TEMPS THRU THE PD. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS TO BEGIN THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...THIS RIDGE WILL MOVE WEST ON MONDAY AND ALLOW NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO RETURN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS NORTHWEST FLOW AND BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO JUST WAFFLE AROUND THE STATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 75 95 75 96 / 40 10 0 0 CAMDEN AR 74 96 74 97 / 20 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 75 93 75 94 / 40 10 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 77 96 76 97 / 20 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 77 97 76 98 / 30 10 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 78 96 77 97 / 30 0 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 76 95 75 96 / 20 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 75 94 74 95 / 70 10 0 0 NEWPORT AR 76 95 76 96 / 40 10 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 75 96 75 97 / 30 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 78 96 77 97 / 30 10 0 0 SEARCY AR 73 96 73 97 / 70 10 0 0 STUTTGART AR 76 96 78 97 / 70 10 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN- CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER- FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON- JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY- OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SHARP- STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL. && AVIATION...62
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161000- 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 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE OVER 100 DEGREES STATEWIDE...WITH A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT. WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON TO EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SEEN. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST...WITH HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUING AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION. HOWEVER...ALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58/59
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 628 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ039-043-044-160015- SALINE AR-PERRY AR-PULASKI AR- 628 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PULASKI...NORTH CENTRAL SALINE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 628 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WYE MOUNTAIN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERRYVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WYE MOUNTAIN...WILLIAMS JUNCTION...ANTIOCH IN PERRY COUNTY... THORNBURG...LONG MOUNTAIN...REFORM...PARON AND OAK GROVE IN PERRY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3497 9273 3488 9252 3467 9278 3491 9294 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 061DEG 10KT 3488 9268 224
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 629 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ003-004-012-013-160015- SEARCY AR-BOONE AR-NEWTON AR-MARION AR- 629 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT THROUGH 715 PM CDT... AT 627 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST BOONE COUNTY AND AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH THE STRONGEST STORM OVER CRAWFORD...OR 11 MILES EAST OF HARRISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARRISON...YELLVILLE...WESTERN GROVE...PYATT...VALLEY SPRINGS... DUGGER...RUSH...CRAWFORD...DUFF...OLVEY...MARSENA...CLARK HILL... POINT PETER...MAUMEE...DODD CITY...SUMMIT...BELLEFONTE...EVERTON... ST. JOE AND PINDALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3614 9247 3586 9278 3618 9320 3637 9287 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 313DEG 11KT 3619 9292 59
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 653 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ043-044-160030- SALINE AR-PULASKI AR- 653 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PULASKI AND CENTRAL SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 652 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WILLIAMS JUNCTION TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM IN SALINE COUNTY TO BRYANT...AND MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LITTLE ROCK...BENTON...BRYANT...SHANNON HILLS...SALEM IN SALINE COUNTY...OTTER CREEK...EAST END...ALEXANDER...BAUXITE...AVILLA...VIMY RIDGE...BLAND...PARON...SHAW...CONGO...GRAPE...FERNDALE...SARDIS AND PARKERS-IRON SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3475 9288 3448 9256 3457 9232 3485 9264 TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 087DEG 5KT 3481 9273 3474 9262 3462 9247 62
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 653 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ007-014>016-024-033-160045- WHITE AR-IZARD AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-STONE AR-SHARP AR-CLEBURNE AR- 653 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT THROUGH 745 PM CDT... AT 649 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...OVER PARTS OF WHITE...IZARD...INDEPENDENCE...STONE AND SHARP COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR CROKER...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO HALF INCH SIZE AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. ALSO...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BATESVILLE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...CAVE CITY...NEWARK...CUSHMAN...MOUNT PLEASANT...PLEASANT PLAINS...CONCORD...MAGNESS...MOOREFIELD... SALADO...SOUTHSIDE IN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY...STELLA...GID...CROKER... SULPHUR ROCK...BETHESDA...GUION...BEN AND ALMOND. LAT...LON 3572 9224 3605 9179 3582 9129 3542 9177 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 313DEG 11KT 3583 9194 59
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 716 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ARZ003-004-012-013-160115- SEARCY AR-BOONE AR-NEWTON AR-MARION AR- 716 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT THROUGH 815 PM CDT... AT 713 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BOONE...MARION...NEWTON AND SEARCY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER VALLEY SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA UP TO HALF INCH AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JASPER...WESTERN GROVE...VALLEY SPRINGS...DUGGER...PRUITT... CRAWFORD...DUFF...OLVEY...POINT PETER...PIERCETOWN...CARVER... BELLEFONTE...EVERTON...ST. JOE...PINDALL...GILBERT...YARDELLE... MARBLE FALLS...BRUNO AND GUM SPRINGS IN NEWTON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3619 9316 3623 9274 3590 9268 3593 9329 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 003DEG 8KT 3613 9299 59
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
857 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD WESTERN GROVE 36.10N 92.95W
07/15/2015 NEWTON AR CO-OP OBSERVER
HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR
AND CAUSED FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA.
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59The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The White River at Augusta rose back above flood stage during the late evening hours on the 15th, falling briefly back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 21st.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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