Excessive rainfall and wintry precipitation caused several rivers across the area to flood.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Excessive rainfall and wintry precipitation caused several rivers across the area to flood.
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 Mar 12, 11:58 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1258 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2015 .AVIATION...13/06Z TAF CYCLE IFR/LIFR CONDS WL PREVAIL ACRS THE FA THRU THE OVERNIGHT HRS AS AREAS OF RAIN CONT TO LIFT NWD THRU AR. RAIN EXPECTED TO BCM MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS MRNG AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTN HRS. MENTIONED VCTS AT KPBF AND KLLQ DURG THE DAYTIME HRS AS THE PRIMARY SFC LOW LIFTS NWD INTO SRN AR LATE TODAY. /44/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2015/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES OVER ARKANSAS WITH AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF THE STATE. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS CONTINUING TO STREAM NORTH...OVERRIDING A WARM FRONT. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH MANY PLACES RECEIVING 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. INCLUDED ALL OF OUR COUNTIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND EXTENDED IT UNTIL 12Z SATURDAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING MORE PRECIPITATION WITH THE UPPER LOW PASSAGE FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. SUNDAY WILL BE DRY. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE MAJORITY OF THE LONG TERM WILL REMAIN DRY...WITH RAIN CHANCES ONLY ENTERING THE TAIL END OF THE LONG TERM AND BEYOND. STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION MON MONDAY WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN ON TUESDAY...AND A DRY SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE. NOT EXPECTING ANY RAIN CHANCES WITH THE PASSAGE...BUT WINDS WILL SHIFT AND BE OUT OF THE NORTH. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE STATE. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR 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. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 330 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-131000- 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- 330 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE AREA WIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THE SOIL REMAINS SATURATED WHILE STREAMFLOW REMAINS HIGH ACROSS ARKANSAS AND CANNOT HOLD A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WATER. ALSO VEGETATION REMAINS MOSTLY DORMANT...AND IS NOT CONSUMING MUCH GROUND WATER. THUS...MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL LINGER AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING ISSUES WITH ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THAT OCCURS TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE ON FRIDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE STATE AND DRIER AIR RETURNS. .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. 44/56
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused the Saline River at Benton to rise above flood stage during the very early morning hours on the 13th, falling back below flood stage during the early afternoon hours on the 14th.
Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Clarendon to rise above flood stage during the morning hours on the 13th, remaining above flood stage through the end of the month and into April.
Heavy rainfall caused the Ouachita River at Arkadelphia to rise above flood stage during the early afternoon hours on the 13th, falling back below flood stage during the evening hours on the 14th.
Heavy rainfall caused the Spring River at Hardy to rise above flood stage during the afternoon hours on the 13th, falling back below flood stage during the morning hours on the 14th.
Heavy rainfall caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage during the evening hours on the 13th, falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours on the 16th.
Heavy rainfall caused the Fourche LaFave River at Houston to rise above flood stage during the late evening hours on the 13th, falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours on the 17th.
Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Des Arc to rise above flood stage during the evening hours on the 14th, falling back below flood stage during the morning hours on the 31st.
Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Georgetown to rise above flood stage during the morning hours on the 16th, remaining above flood stage through the end of the month and into April.
Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Newport to rise above flood stage during the afternoon hours on the 16th, falling back below flood stage during the morning hours on the 19th.
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, March 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: 571322, 571328, 571321, 571323, 571320, 571319, 571325, 571327, 571326.