Heavy rain caused flooding in parts of east and south Arkansas at the end of April.
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Heavy rain caused flooding in parts of east and south Arkansas at the end of April.
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, 3:14 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 414 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT STILL HAVE ONGOING MODERATE TO...AT TIMES...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THE BACK EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION SHIELD IS STEADILY MARCHING EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...LYING GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM HARRISON THROUGH RUSSELLVILLE AND DOWN TO ALMOST MT IDA AS OF 4AM. EXPECT THIS TO PUSH EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY ROUGHLY 10AM OR SO. BEHIND THIS PRECIP SHIELD...THE MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH EAST THROUGH THE STATE. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND FAIRLY WELL...WITH HIGHS FORECAST TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. THE RECOVERY OF TEMPS COUPLED WITH THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO FIRE OFF SOME MORE SHOWERS...HOWEVER I EXPECT THESE TO BE FAIRLY SCATTERED ABOUT THE AREA. HAVE SOME 30-40 PERCENT RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON BUT THIS MAY BE OVERDONE QUITE A BIT WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT...LEADING DO A VERY NICE DAY COME SUNDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH DRIER AIR AND TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM AROUND 70 IN THE NORTHWEST TO AROUND 80 IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM THE WEST MONDAY...BUT THERE IS STILL NOTABLE DISAGREEMENT WITH HOW MUCH RAIN THIS WILL PRODUCE IN OUR FORECAST AREA AND JUST HOW FAR NORTH IT WILL MAKE IT. AS SUCH...ONLY HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR. ZONAL UPPER FLOW LATE MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY WILL THEN AMPLIFY CONSIDERABLY BY MIDWEEK AS A SHARP UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WEST AND A DEEP TROUGH TAKES SHAPE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. DRY CONDITIONS LOOK TO PREVAIL FROM MONDAY NIGHT ONWARD...BUT THE MOST NOTABLE ASPECT OF THE LONG TERM WILL BE THE COOLDOWN EXPECTED LATE WEEK. MOS GUIDANCE IS YIELDING TEMPERATURES 5-7 DEGREES BELOW CLIMATOLOGY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NEXT WEEK...WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE AT ANY TIME OF YEAR MUCH LESS EARLY MAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 76 59 78 54 / 60 30 10 10 CAMDEN AR 79 63 83 60 / 60 40 10 40 HARRISON AR 76 53 72 48 / 30 20 0 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 77 60 80 58 / 50 30 0 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 78 62 81 57 / 60 30 10 20 MONTICELLO AR 78 66 82 61 / 70 40 10 30 MOUNT IDA AR 76 57 78 56 / 40 20 0 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 76 55 74 50 / 40 20 0 10 NEWPORT AR 76 61 79 54 / 70 40 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 77 64 82 59 / 70 40 10 20 RUSSELLVILLE AR 77 58 78 55 / 40 20 0 20 SEARCY AR 75 61 80 56 / 60 40 10 10 STUTTGART AR 77 65 81 58 / 70 40 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT / LONG TERM...64
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 645 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301015- 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- 645 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM KICKING OUT OF THE ROCKIES WILL BRING SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING TO THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER ROUND LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS BUT THE TORNADO THREAT CAN NOT BE DISCOUNTED ENTIRELY. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG STORMS...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FROM EARLIER TODAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES EXPECTED LEADING TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. AS SUCH...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING TO START THE DAY SATURDAY...PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE STATE WITH TIME. THE MAIN AREA TO WATCH FOR ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WILL BE IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AS A RESULT. LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AGAIN ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK. 56
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1115 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM FLASH FLOOD MENA 34.59N 94.24W
04/29/2016 POLK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 71
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK1600011
CEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1118 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM FLASH FLOOD ARKADELPHIA 34.12N 93.05W
04/29/2016 CLARK AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK1600012
CEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1119 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM FLASH FLOOD MT IDA 34.55N 93.63W
04/29/2016 MONTGOMERY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
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EVENT NUMBER LZK1600013
CEDThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at the end of April.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at the end of April.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Cache River at the end of April.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Fourche LaFave River at the end of April.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Little Missouri River at the end of April.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2016
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: 632034, 632036, 632032, 632037, 632031, 632035.