Heavy rain in northeast Arkansas brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson 1/19 to 1/25. 16 feet.
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Heavy rain in northeast Arkansas brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson 1/19 to 1/25. Flooding was minor as it crested at 9.16 feet.
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 Jan 19, 3:27 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 327 AM CST Thu Jan 19 2017 .SHORT TERM...Today Through Friday Night Frontal boundary remains stalled from northern Mississippi through southeast Arkansas and into Central Louisiana this morning. Low pressure forming along the front is located in the vicinity of west central Louisiana. The low will give the frontal boundary a push out of the region later today, but not before additional showers affect central and eastern Arkansas. Isolated thunderstorms are possible, but these will most likely be in the vicinity of or a little north of the frontal boundary. Fog will continue to be an issue as well. Precipitation will diminish into the late morning and afternoon hours as drier air advects in behind the frontal boundary. Upper trough moving out of the big bend area of Texas should send any deep layer moisture out of the region tonight and Friday. However, low levels will remain pretty saturated, which should allow for low clouds and fog again tonight and early Friday. Friday should be dry and warm, with highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s across the area. && .LONG TERM...Saturday Through Wednesday An upper low pressure system will be in the Plains to begin the long term period with another trough over the western U.S. The Plains upper low moves into the upper Midwest by Saturday night and a closed low develops over the Texas Panhandle which moves into southern Arkansas Sunday. This low intensifies and moves up the east coast Monday and Tuesday. Southwest flow will develop over Arkansas Tuesday and Wednesday. A pair of cold fronts will move through Arkansas during the weekend. This will bring good chances of showers and thunderstorms through Sunday. Models are being consistent bringing the upper low through south Arkansas and this could mean some strong to severe thunderstorms over the area Sunday. Surface high pressure moves into the area for Monday and Tuesday with dry weather. A weak cold front moves through Wednesday, but do not expect any rain with this front at this time. Near normal to above normal temperatures are expected through the period. && .FIRE WEATHER... No significant fire weather issues are expected the next seven days. Humidity will remain above 50 percent. Over the next couple of days...mixing heights will average less than 2000 feet due to a strong inversion and associated cloud cover. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 57 49 64 50 / 50 20 10 10 Camden AR 62 52 72 53 / 50 10 10 20 Harrison AR 57 47 64 48 / 30 10 10 10 Hot Springs AR 59 50 67 51 / 30 10 10 20 Little Rock AR 59 51 68 51 / 50 10 10 20 Monticello AR 64 53 72 55 / 80 10 10 20 Mount Ida AR 60 50 67 51 / 20 10 10 20 Mountain Home AR 55 47 63 48 / 40 10 10 10 Newport AR 56 49 65 52 / 60 20 10 20 Pine Bluff AR 60 52 70 53 / 60 10 10 20 Russellville AR 59 48 67 48 / 30 10 10 10 Searcy AR 58 49 67 50 / 60 20 10 20 Stuttgart AR 59 52 69 52 / 70 20 10 20 && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Short Term...57 / Long Term...51
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 458 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201100- 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- 458 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. THE FOG WILL SCATTER OUT AFTER SUNRISE. HOWEVER... IT IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COUPLE OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS THIS WEEKEND. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. DETAILS WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR AS ADDITIONAL DATA ARRIVES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK. 57/51
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain in northeast Arkansas brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson 1/19 to 1/25. Flooding was minor as it only crested at 9.16 feet. Flood stage is 9 feet.
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