The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill passed to the west of the state, bringing some heavy rain resulting in flash flooding, and even some severe weather to parts of Arkansas on the 16th and 17th.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill passed to the west of the state, bringing some heavy rain resulting in flash flooding, and even some severe weather to parts of Arkansas on the 16th and 17th.
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 Jun 15, 11:35 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1235 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015 .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT MAINLY OVER W TO NW AR...AND EFFECT KHRO AND KBPK. OVERALL VFR CEILINGS WITH AREAS OF MVFR WITH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. OTHERWISE VFR CEILINGS WILL BE SEEN OVER THE REST OF AR...TOWARD TUESDAY MORNING...PATCHY AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS WITH SOME FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AT OR NEAR ALL TAF SITES. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT OR LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH. ON TUESDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME SE TO SW AT 5 TO 15 MPH. (59) && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 830 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015/ .UPDATE... DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION CONTINUES AT THIS HOUR BUT ONCE AGAIN EXPECTING IT SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING. WILL LOWER POPS ACROSS THE BOARD THE EVENING BASED ON SHORT TERM MODELS AND CURRENT RADAR TRENDS BUT WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW END CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALSO TWEAKED CLOUD GRIDS BUT ALL OTHER PARAMETERS LEFT ALONE. UPDATES OUT. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 241 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA INDICATES SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS MAINLY NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. ANALYSIS OF LOCAL UPPER SOUNDINGS INDICATE A TROPICAL LIKE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WELL ABOVE NORMAL. WEAK UPGLIDE...IN A DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PROMOTE EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS IN THE NEAR TERM. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES CONCERN THE TRACK OF THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE TEXAS COAST. GENERAL FORECAST CONSENSUS TAKES THE CENTER OF THE DISTURBANCE ALONG A PATH TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS TRACK WOULD PROMOTE THE CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS. EXPECT A STRONG GRADIENT OF PRECIPITATION DURING THIS EVENT...FROM WEST TO EAST. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE REMNANTS OF ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM PASSING THROUGH THE REGION...SOME INFLUENCE WILL REMAIN ACROSS NWRN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH GENERALLY SOME CHANCE POPS CONTINUING. OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND THOUGH...THE REMNANTS OF ANY SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION...WITH DECREASING POPS EXPECTED. WILL STILL MENTION SOME POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AS MOISTURE LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH...AND WITH LIMITED UPPER LEVEL RIDGING DEVELOPING. DEPENDING ON WHEN THE UPPER RIDGE EXPANDS EARLY NEXT WEEK...SOME PRECIP CHANCES MAY RETURN JUST BEFORE THE RIDGE EXPANDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A WEAK TROUGH DROPS SE IN NW FLOW ALOFT. HOWEVER...KEEP POPS FAIRLY LOW AT THIS TIME TO END THE FORECAST DUE TO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WHEN THE UPPER RIDGE WILL EXPAND OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 501 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161015- 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- 501 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF ANY STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE REGION WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOONS TO EVENINGS. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS INITIALLY...THEN SPREAD TO MUCH OF THE STATE OVER THE WEEK. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT WILL EFFECT THE REGION. IT WILL INITIALLY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY...THEN GRADUALLY MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION BY WEEKS END. AT THIS TIME...ONLY AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WOULD BE POSSIBLE INITIALLY...BUT THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL AGAIN ELEVATE LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION DUE TO THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM ON THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 59
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:32 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused rapid rises on the Buffalo River near Ponca. The river rose over 14 ft in a short period. Cars near the river in campgrounds were flooded.
Some trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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