The Cache, Ouachita and White Rivers remained above flood stage at some locations from April, and in some cases several months, this spring of 2015 as continued heavy rainfall kept river levels high.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
The Cache, Ouachita and White Rivers remained above flood stage at some locations from April, and in some cases several months, this spring of 2015 as continued heavy rainfall kept river levels high.
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 Apr 30, 5:45 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 645 PM CDT THU APR 30 2015 .AVIATION...01/00Z TAF CYCLE LINGERING MID CLOUDS WL QUICKLY DISSIPATED AFT SUNSET THIS EVENING. WINDS WL DIMINISH AS HIGH PRES SETTLES OVR THE FA... RESULTING IN VFR CONDS THRU THE PD. LGT E/NELY WINDS WL BE NOTED LATER FRI MRNG. /44/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 230 PM CDT THU APR 30 2015/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT NOT MUCH GOING ON DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIODS...AS NORTHWEST/ NORTHERLY UPPER FLOW KEEPS COOLER AIR OVER THE REGION. BY SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD...ALLOWING FOR STRONGER SOUTHERLY FLOW AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. UPPER RIDGING WILL STRENGTHEN...AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES TO THE EAST COAST TUESDAY AND THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY. THIS UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY. MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY SHOULD BE DRY ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO MISSOURI AND STALL MONDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVER ARKANSAS. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE ACROSS THE STATE AND CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 332 AM CDT THU APR 30 2015 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-010845- 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- 332 AM CDT THU APR 30 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ouachita River at Camden remained above flood stage from April, falling below flood stage just after midnight on the 3rd.
The Cache River at Patterson remained above flood stage from February through April, falling below flood stage during the morning hours of the 1st.
The White River at Augusta remained above flood stage from March through April, falling below flood stage during the morning hours of the 3rd.
The White River at Clarendon remained above flood stage from March, through all of April, finally falling back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 5th.
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, May 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: 587944, 587945, 587946, 587947.