Very heavy rainfall during the spring months, especially in May, kept area rivers in flood for several weeks and even months in some cases.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Very heavy rainfall during the spring months, especially in May, kept area rivers in flood for several weeks and even months in some cases.
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 May 31, 11:47 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1247 AM CDT MON JUN 1 2015 .AVIATION... ISOLATED SHRA CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST AR...AND HAVE KEPT A FEW HOURS OF VCSH AT LLQ. VFR CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MVFR AS LOWER CLOUDS MOVE IN. VSBY WILL LOWER AS WELL DUE TO LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING. CIGS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND BECOME VFR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AN UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY SPINNING OVERHEAD AND WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST TO THE CENTRAL MS/AL BORDER REGION BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BE PLENTIFUL UNTIL THIS FEATURE SHIFTS WELL EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND AS SUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE DECLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WITH THE UPPER LOW IN PLACE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL LIKELY POP UP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH AND WEST. DO NOT FEAR HOWEVER...MORE SUMMER LIKE CONDITIONS ARE ON THEIR WAY. A PATTERN CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM THE SHORT TERM TO LONG TERM PERIODS. A DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL CARVE OUT A HOME ACROSS THE WESTERN SEABOARD...RESULTING IN A STEEP UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...BUT MORE ON THAT IN THE LONG TERM SECTION. WHILE DRY CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE IMPENDING PATTERN CHANGE WILL LEAD TO A BIT MORE SUN AND MORE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEEN ON WEDNESDAY. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT HAS PLAGUED THE AREA OF LATE STILL NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PICTURE BUT IT WILL BE FAR ENOUGH TO THE EAST COME THURSDAY THAT ITS IMPACTS WILL NOT BE FELT. ALL MEDIUM RANGE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD ENOUGH AGREEMENT IN THE LARGE SCALE THAT A BLEND OF FORECAST SOLUTIONS IS PREFERRED THIS AFTERNOON. PERIOD INITIATES WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BUT IT QUICKLY OPEN UP AND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST. IN ITS WAKE...UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL DROP ALONG THE WEST COAST AND CLOSE OFF WITH SUBSEQUENT DOWNSTREAM RIDGING SETTING UP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. PATTERN WILL KEEP THE AREA IN PREDOMINATE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A POSSIBLE RIPPLE OR TWO MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. ENOUGH DIFFERENCES EXIST IN THE SMALLER DETAILS CONCERNING ANY SHORTWAVE ENERGY THAT THE FORECAST WILL BE LEFT DRY FOR NOW BUT ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF SIGNALS STRENGTHEN. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE CLOSE TO NORMAL. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 145 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011015- 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- 145 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT AWAY FROM THE AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A RUMBLE OF THUNDER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN CHANCES WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM MAY BE SEEN DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ANY SEVERE STORMS ARE REQUESTED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 59/56
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding continued along the Arkansas River from very heavy rainfall in May. The Arkansas River at Dardanelle remained above flood stage from the 26th of May through the morning hours of the 4th of June.
Flooding continued along the Arkansas River from very heavy rainfall in May. The Arkansas River at Morrilton remained above flood stage from the 25th of May through the early morning hours of the 6th of June.
Flooding continued along the Arkansas River from very heavy rainfall in May. The Arkansas River at the Toad Suck Lock and Dam remained above flood stage from the 26th of May through the morning hours of the 6th of June.
Flooding continued along the Arkansas River from very heavy rainfall in May. The Arkansas River at the Pine Bluff remained above flood stage from the 28th of May through the evening hours of the 7th of June.
Flooding continued along the Arkansas River from very heavy rainfall in May. The Arkansas River at the Pendleton remained above flood stage from the 30th of May through the late evening hours of the 5th of June.
The Fourche La Fave River at Houston remained above flood stage from the 11th of May before falling back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 15th of June.
The Ouachita River at Camden remained above flood stage from the 11th of May before falling back below flood stage during the late evening hours of the 10th of June.
The Cache River at Patterson remained above flood stage from the 10th of May before falling back below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 5th of June.
The White River at Augusta remained above flood stage from the 10th of May before falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours of the 12th of June.
The White River at Clarendon remained above flood stage from the 17th of May before falling back below flood stage around noon on the 13th of June.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2015
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: 588717, 588718, 588719, 588720, 588721, 588722, 588723, 588724, 588725, 588726.