Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of central Arkansas that began on May 21 and 22.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of central Arkansas that began on May 21 and 22.
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 May 21, 1:49 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 249 PM CDT Sun May 21 2017 .SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Tuesday Some lingering SHRA/TSRA continue across the far SERN counties early this afternoon...while the rest of the CWA is seeing a mostly sunny sky and dry/comfortable conditions. Will keep mention of SHRA/TSRA across the far SE through this afternoon...then slowly decrease the POPs tonight as drier air continues to filter into the state. Most areas will remain dry for Mon as well...though some precip may be seen across the SRN/SERN counties as an upper level disturbance and SFC low lift NE...generally SE of the state during the daytime hrs Mon. Chances for precip increase further north for Mon night and through Tue as another upper level disturbance moves over the state. A new cold front will be moving into the state Tue afternoon into Tue evening...with chance POPs remaining. && .LONG TERM...Tuesday Night Through Sunday Long wave upr trof wl be swinging acrs the region at the start of the PD. Rain chcs wl be diminishing from the west Tue ngt behind an assocd CDFNT moving E of AR. Wrap-around moisture, assocd with the main upr low, wl linger ovr the area into Wed, along with small chances for a few showers/storms. High pressure wl bld back into the Mid-South for the remainder of the work week. Temps wl also moderate as upr heights incrs and south winds return. A new storm system wl bring the next chance of rain to the FA by next weekend as an assocd frontal bndry lingers in the state. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 53 73 54 73 / 0 0 20 40 Camden AR 59 72 57 76 / 10 30 40 40 Harrison AR 51 75 52 68 / 0 0 20 40 Hot Springs AR 57 74 56 74 / 0 10 40 40 Little Rock AR 57 73 57 75 / 0 10 30 40 Monticello AR 60 72 57 74 / 10 30 30 30 Mount Ida AR 55 74 54 73 / 0 10 40 40 Mountain Home AR 51 76 53 71 / 0 0 20 40 Newport AR 55 74 56 74 / 0 0 20 30 Pine Bluff AR 58 72 58 75 / 0 20 30 30 Russellville AR 54 76 55 73 / 0 10 30 40 Searcy AR 55 73 55 74 / 0 10 30 40 Stuttgart AR 57 73 58 75 / 0 20 30 30 && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Short Term...62 / Long Term...44
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 832 AM CDT Sun May 21 2017 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000- 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- 832 AM CDT Sun May 21 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Some strong to briefly severe thunderstorms may be seen across southern and southeast sections of the area this morning. Some large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threats. Expect the chances for thunderstorms to decrease by this afternoon...with all of the area seeing the threat for hazardous weather becoming low through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday Through Saturday 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/lzk. 62
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding during the latter part of May on the Fouche LaFave River at Houston.
Heavy rain caused flooding during the latter part of May on the Arkansas River at Morrilton.
Heavy rain caused flooding during the latter part of May on the White River at Newport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 704406, 704407, 704408.