Heavy rain again brought flooding to the east and south parts of Arkansas 12/22 through 12/31.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rain again brought flooding to the east and south parts of Arkansas 12/22 through 12/31.
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 Dec 22, 8:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...Update National Weather Service Little Rock AR 835 PM CST Thu Dec 22 2016 .Discussion... An area of light rain/showers or just sprinkles was moving across northeast OK and is pushing east into AR. Forecast update did add slight chance of light showers or light rain to northern parts of AR tonight with very light amounts. Temperatures are expected to stay above freezing but will need to be monitored overnight. Otherwise increasing clouds tonight, and better chances of rain on Friday as upper shortwave energy moves through the region. Lows tonight will be from the lower 40s west to mid to lower 30s east. Late evening update will only fine tune a few elements. (59) && .Prev Discussion.../ Issued 530 PM CST Thu Dec 22 2016/ .Aviation... Overall VFR flight conditions with ceilings will be seen tonight. Increasing mid and high clouds will spread over AR from the west to east. A few light showers or just sprinkles may be seen over western to northern parts of AR tonight. Winds will be from the north to northeast at 3 to 9 mph tonight. On Friday, winds will become more east to southeast at 5 to 10 mph. (59) && .Prev Discussion.../ Issued 251 PM CST Thu Dec 22 2016/ .SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Saturday The cold front that pushed through the state overnight has brought drier and cooler conditions to the Natural State this Thu. This will change late tonight through Fri as this front will lift back north as a warm front...with rain chances returning to the forecast for a large portion of the state Fri afternoon. Before that however...some areas across WRN and SWRN AR may see a few sprinkles late this afternoon into the evening hrs as light precip activity to the west moves this direction. Given the dry air in place this afternoon...most areas should remain dry however. The warm front will have moved across the state by late on Fri..stretched from approximately SWRN AR NE into NERN AR. An upper level shortwave will move east over the region by Fri night into Sat morning...with SHRA and some isolated TSRA possible across the state. Have generally high chance to likely POPs forecast at this time...with the most likely area for seeing precip along this front Fri night into Sat morning. Rainfall amounts should remain less than an inch for a large portion of the state...but higher amounts will be possible along this frontal boundary from central into ERN sections of the state. Rainfall amounts may exceed 2 inches in this region of the CWA. As the upper shortwave moves east of the region...chances for precip will decrease...even with the warm front remaining over the state through Sat afternoon. However...this front will lift north of the state in the early part of the long term period...with chances for SHRA/TSRA increasing once again. && .LONG TERM...Saturday Night Through Thursday Not making a lot of changes to the existing forecast at this time. Extended period begins with a southerly surface flow bringing warm and moist air across the region. Christmas Day is going to be rather warm, with max temperatures ranging from the mid 60's across the north to the lower 70's across the south. A surface cold front, and a shortwave aloft will be moving into the area late Saturday into Sunday morning. SPC has been mentioning a chance of severe storms across the far western portions of the state and unless things speed up, this looks to be quite reasonable. Like the last event, this will be a relatively low CAPE and high shear environment. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 32 49 45 58 / 10 50 80 40 Camden AR 37 56 54 67 / 10 50 60 40 Harrison AR 32 48 42 59 / 10 70 50 10 Hot Springs AR 36 50 48 63 / 10 60 80 40 Little Rock AR 35 52 49 63 / 10 50 80 50 Monticello AR 37 58 55 67 / 10 40 50 40 Mount Ida AR 36 49 46 63 / 10 60 80 30 Mountain Home AR 33 47 41 58 / 10 60 60 20 Newport AR 33 50 46 59 / 10 50 80 50 Pine Bluff AR 35 55 53 65 / 10 50 60 50 Russellville AR 34 47 43 59 / 10 60 70 30 Searcy AR 32 51 47 61 / 10 50 80 50 Stuttgart AR 35 54 50 63 / 10 50 70 50 && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Short Term...62 / Long Term...53
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 820 PM CST THU DEC 22 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231100- 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- 820 PM CST THU DEC 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE SEEN TONIGHT MAINLY OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. SOME STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY OVER WESTERN AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH WARMING OCCURS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE NEXT WEEK...BUT AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK. 57/59
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused a second round of flooding 12/22 to 12/26.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Ouachita River 12/26 to 12/31.
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