Heavy rain brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson in September 2017.
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Heavy rain brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson in September 2017.
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 Aug 31, 11:06 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1206 AM CDT Fri Sep 1 2017 .DISCUSSION... Updated to include the 06Z aviation discussion below... && .AVIATION... VFR conditions will become prevalent as dry air advects in on the back side of the remnants of Tropical Depression Harvey. Gradient will relax, with winds mainly north/northwest at less than 10 knots. && PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 259 PM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017) SHORT TERM...Today Through Saturday Rainfall continues to wrap around what is left of Harvey. The center of circulation continues to move to the north...so expect the rain to end first in the southeast corner. We have had reports of 10 inches of rain in the McCrory area earlier today and it continues to rain there. Expanded the FFA two counties to the north and extended it through 1 am. One to three additional inches are expected in our eastern counties. The Wind Advisory continues through 7 pm for the original area. Lighter winds are noted in the southwest quadrant of circulation. High pressure moves into Arkansas from the west for Friday and Saturday. Dry weather is expected with this high pressure system. Temperatures will remain below normal for Friday and Saturday. LONG TERM...Saturday Night Through Thursday Long term forecast was generally on track with no major changes to the current forecast. Long term begins with Surface high pressure centered just to the northeast of the region. By Sunday...a weak upper level disturbance will move through the southwest portion of the state with a surface warm front draped across the state. At this time will hold off on adding pops to the forecast but will continue to monitor in future forecasts. Temperatures through the weekend will be in the upper 80's for high temperatures. By Tuesday...an upper level trough and its associated cold front will move through the state and bring a return of rain chances to the forecast. At this time, it does appear rainfall totals will be less than an inch and the front is forecast to push quickly through the state. Behind this front well below normal temperatures will be seen with readings around 10 to 15 degrees below normal. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...57
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 324 AM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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- 324 AM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and a few thunderstorms will continue across much of the southeast two thirds of the state through tonight as the remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey lift northeast over extreme southeast Arkansas. Some heavy rainfall will remain possible over the southeastern third of the state...with rainfall amounts exceeding 2 inches along and east of a line from Hermitage...to Pine Bluff...to Des Arc to Patterson. Rainfall amounts exceeding 3 inches may be seen along and east of a line from Monticello to Clarendon...with locally higher amounts near 4 inches possible. As a result...a flash flood threat will exist in this southeastern region of the state through this evening. Winds will be breezy for portions of the state today as well. Winds of 20 to 30 mph could be seen for portions of central into eastern and northeastern areas through this afternoon. Gusts could exceed 35 mph occasionally. Winds further west and northwest should be lighter...but remain somewhat breezy. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday Through Wednesday The remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey will be moving northeast of the state by Friday morning...with chances for precipitation ending from west to east. As a result...the threat for hazardous weather will become low. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 62/46
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain in August led to flooding along the Cache River that continued into early September.
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