Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of east and south Arkansas 4/1/16.
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Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of east and south Arkansas 4/1/16.
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 31, 11:43 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1243 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 .AVIATION... THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE STATE AND HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING INTO ARKANSAS. SKIES ARE CLEAR OVER THE AREA. MODELS INDICATE SOME MOISTURE RETURN TO THE AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY. EXPECT MORE CLOUDS CENTRAL AND SOUTH...LOW AND MID LEVEL. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 600 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016/ DISCUSSION... UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... AVIATION... SOME SHRA/TSRA COULD STILL BE SEEN AT LLQ THIS EVENING...BUT WITH THE COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE STATE...EXPECT MOST SITES TO REMAIN VFR THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS DRIER MORE STABLE AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN FOR FRI...BUT SHOULD ALSO REMAIN VFR. WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE NW AND NORTH BEHIND THIS FRONT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016/ DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE ARE MOSTLY IN THE FIRST PERIOD WITH POTENTIAL OF SEVERE STORMS OVER SE AR. AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED OVER SE AR...ASSOCIATED WITH A PREFRONTAL TROUGH AND ADDITIONAL LIFT OVER THE REGION. SEVERE STORM WATCH COVERS SE AR UNTIL 10 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. THE OVERALL TORNADO THREAT HAS LOWERED A BIT AS THE SURFACE WINDS ARE COMING AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH ARKANSAS. FAR SE ARKANSAS STILL MAY SEE AN ISOLATED TORNADO WITH A SE TO S SURFACE WIND. OTHERWISE...TEMPS HAVE ALSO WARMED TO AROUND 80 DEGREES WITH DEW POINT TEMPS IN THE 60S OVER SE AR. THIS IS THE MORE FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. THE COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY MOVING EAST THIS AFTERNOON...AND WAS CURRENTLY RUNNING NE TO SW...AND JUST TO THE WEST OF THE LITTLE ROCK AREA. IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THIS EVENING...AND ONCE IT PASSES THROUGH THE STATE...IT WILL TAKE MOST OF THE CONVECTION WITH IT. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A W TO NW WIND FLOW. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THE SHORT TERM WILL HAVE THE PRIMARY CONVECTION TRENDS OVER SE AR WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN IN THE SE. DID INCLUDE SEVERE POTENTIAL AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL A CONCERN WITH HIGH PRECIP WATER VALUES OVER SE AR. ONCE THE FRONT PUSHES EAST OF AR...CONVECTION WILL END. ANY REMAINING CLOUD COVER SHOULD GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT AS TEMPS LOWER TO THE 50S. DRY FOR FRIDAY WITH MODERATING TEMPS. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... GENERALLY QUIET LONG TERM IS ON TAP...WITH ONLY ONE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE PERIOD. LONG TERM BEGINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WITH NW FLOW ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON MONDAY...BUT ONLY AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS WILL BE SEEN AS MOISTURE WILL BE LACKING. A BRIEF COOL DOWN WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES RETURN TO THE 70S ON WEDNESDAY. YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER THIS TIME THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 64 39 65 39 / 0 10 0 0 CAMDEN AR 70 43 67 42 / 10 10 0 0 HARRISON AR 61 34 63 38 / 10 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 66 40 66 41 / 10 10 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 67 41 65 42 / 10 10 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 70 44 65 43 / 10 10 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 63 38 65 36 / 10 10 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 63 36 66 38 / 10 0 0 0 NEWPORT AR 65 40 65 40 / 0 10 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 68 42 65 41 / 10 10 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 64 37 66 38 / 10 10 0 0 SEARCY AR 66 39 65 38 / 0 10 0 0 STUTTGART AR 67 41 64 40 / 10 10 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1035 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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- 1035 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...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. 62
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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