Very heavy rainfall led to several flooded rivers on March 10, 2016.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Very heavy rainfall led to several flooded rivers on March 10, 2016.
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 9, 11:52 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1152 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR THE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... CONTINUED IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT WITH FOG CONTINUING TO INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME BREAKS IN THE PRECIPITATION MAY BE SEEN ON THURSDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS THURSDAY EVENING. CEILINGS MAY LIFT TO MVFR CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT IS FORECAST TO BE SHORT LIVED. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 246 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY HAVE DROPPED A FEW ROWS OF WESTERN/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COUNTIES FROM THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...AS CONVECTION ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL HELP CUT OFF SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE OVER THE NORTHWEST AND WEST. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL SLIGHTLY EASTWARD...WITH THE PRIMARY FOCUS BEING THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NEAR PINE BLUFF AND MONTICELLO THROUGH THURSDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE WILL SLIDE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE WEST...AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES GRADUALLY DECREASING. HOWEVER...ANOTHER WAVE WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT...WITH UPLIFT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY PUSHING ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY...WITH NOT NEARLY AS MUCH QPF EXPECTED. CUTOFF LOW WILL START TO LIFT UP FROM MEXICO LATE FRIDAY...PUSHING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BACK ACROSS THE STATE...WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS MOSTLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. THE CUTOFF LOW IS EXPECTED TO DAMPEN OUT AS IT MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. HOWEVER...ANOTHER CUTOFF LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE MID SOUTH REGION LATE SUNDAY... KEEPING SHOWERS/STORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. SO IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT ALL OF THE RAIN LATELY WILL FINALLY EXIT TO THE EAST MONDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER. TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD...A NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL FORM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THE SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT INTO ARKANSAS...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. GIVEN LIMITED MOISTURE...THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A MAJOR RAINMAKER. WHILE COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT LATER IN THE WEEK... TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. FIRE WEATHER... ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE HARD TO COME BY FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS. THINGS SHOULD START TO DRY OUT NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 61 58 64 52 / 90 100 90 70 CAMDEN AR 65 59 70 60 / 100 100 90 80 HARRISON AR 62 56 62 47 / 90 70 80 50 HOT SPRINGS AR 60 57 67 56 / 100 100 90 80 LITTLE ROCK AR 61 59 67 56 / 100 100 90 80 MONTICELLO AR 66 62 72 62 / 100 100 90 80 MOUNT IDA AR 60 58 66 56 / 100 100 90 70 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 62 56 64 48 / 90 80 80 50 NEWPORT AR 61 58 65 51 / 90 100 90 80 PINE BLUFF AR 63 60 68 59 / 100 100 90 80 RUSSELLVILLE AR 62 57 66 54 / 90 90 90 60 SEARCY AR 61 58 65 54 / 90 100 90 80 STUTTGART AR 63 60 66 57 / 100 100 90 80 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ARKANSAS-BAXTER- BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA- DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF. && AVIATION...65
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101125- 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- 300 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS. THIS WILL BE TRIGGERED BY A VERY SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WOBBLING TOWARD THE REGION FROM MEXICO. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN /AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS/ IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH/EAST OF TEXARKANA /MILLER COUNTY/...LITTLE ROCK /PULASKI COUNTY/...AND NEWPORT /JACKSON COUNTY/. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. WITH MORE RAIN OVERNIGHT... FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. WATER WILL LIKELY FLOW OVER ROADS...WITH CLOSED ROADS EXPECTED. THIS MAY INCLUDE HIGHLY TRAVELED ROADS SUCH AS STATE HIGHWAYS. HOMES AND BUSINESSES COULD BE THREATENED BY HIGH WATER IN PLACES...AND SOME HIGH WATER RESCUES MAY BECOME NECESSARY. ONE THING TO MONITOR OVERNIGHT ARE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA. IF STORMS BECOME INTENSE AND ARE WIDESPREAD... THIS WILL TEND TO ROB MOISTURE FROM PRECIPITATION LOCALLY. THIS WOULD RESULT IN LESS RAIN THAN EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION REMAINS ON THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS. THIS WILL MAKE AN ALREADY BAD FLASH FLOOD SITUATION WORSE. AS RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN MAKES IT INTO AREA TRIBUTARIES...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS IN THE FORECAST ON SOME RIVERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CACHE...LOWER WHITE...SALINE...LOWER ARKANSAS...AND OUACHITA RIVERS. SOME OF THESE RIVERS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THIS EVENT WILL FEATURE LITTLE TO NO SEVERE WEATHER. SEVERE STORMS SHOULD MOSTLY REMAIN TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE GULF COAST. THE SLOW MOVING SYSTEM PRODUCING THE RAIN WILL NOT GET OUT OF HERE UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ANY FLOODING ARE WELCOME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56/46
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
847 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016
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0752 PM FLASH FLOOD RISON 33.95N 92.19W
03/09/2016 CLEVELAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS ROADS WERE BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING.
0800 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 S AMY 33.69N 92.81W
03/09/2016 OUACHITA AR PUBLIC
HIGHWAY 7 NORTH FLOODED BETWEEN CAMDEN AND SPARKMAN.
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58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1022 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016
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1000 PM FLASH FLOOD DE VALLS BLUFF 34.79N 91.46W
03/09/2016 PRAIRIE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 33 SOUTH OF DE VALLS BLUFF IS CLOSED WITH WATER
OVER THE ROADWAY.
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58The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was noted at Arkadelphia on the Ouachita River.
River flooding was noted at Patterson on the Cache River.
River flooding was noted at Camded on the Ouachita River.
Flooding was noted at Augusta on the White River.
Flooding was noted at Houston on the Fouche LaFave River.
Flooding was noted at Clarendon on the White River.
Flooding was noted on the Petit Jean River.
Flooding was noted at Boughton on the Little Missouri River.
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, March 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: 625646, 625648, 625647, 625649, 625644, 625650, 625643, 625645.