Heavy rainfall brought flooding to area rivers during the middle of the month.
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Heavy rainfall brought flooding to area rivers during the middle of the month.
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 Apr 14, 11:20 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1220 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 .AVIATION... Remaining MVFR visibility areas the extreme southeast portions of the forecast area will clear by 20z. 4000 to 5000 ft. ceilings will affect northern and central sections through much of the valid TAF period. 55 && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 1020 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018) UPDATE... Have made near term updates to forecasts, mainly to account for complexities with regard to sky cover forecasts. 55 PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 630 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018) Aviation... Overall VFR flight conditions with ceilings, with patchy MVFR and IFR with showers and lower clouds this morning. Much of the rain will push east of all Taf sites by the afternoon. Any lower ceilings will also lift and become all VFR conditions in the afternoon. Winds will become southwest to west at 10 to 20 mph with some gusts to around 25 mph behind the cold front as it moves through AR today. Wind speeds are expected to lower tonight. (59) Prev Discussion.../ Issued 405 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018/ Main concerns in this forecast cycle are first period convection, with isolated severe and some heavy rain and flooding. Then cold air filters into AR, with some freezing temperatures over northern parts of the state. Currently, convection continues to push east early this morning, with the strongest storms over far southeast AR. Overnight, did have scattered severe storms with mainly wind damage, and a few locations with possible tornado damage. These storms were associated with the strong upper lift and severe storm factors that came together Friday night to Saturday morning. Convection over western AR is ending, while central to eastern areas will continue to see some convection Saturday morning before the lift moves east. A cold front was also located over western AR, while the strong surface low was over the central-eastern Plains. The strong upper low was rotating over eastern KS and NE. SHORT TERM...Today Through Sunday Night Will keep some chances of convection in the forecast this morning, especially in southeast AR. Still a low risk of severe storms in far southeast AR, as well as heavy rain. Convection will continue to gradually move east this morning, and push out of the state into the afternoon. The upper system will also slowly move east through the day, as the cold front also progresses through AR today. West to northwest winds will be seen behind the front. Highs will be from the 50s west to 60s central and east. Some breaks in the clouds will be seen, but some clouds will rotate around the surface low and bring clouds back to northern AR through the day. A drying trend will be seen with cooler temperatures on Sunday. Sunday morning, areas of at or just below freezing temperatures and a freeze watch will be issued. LONG TERM...Monday Through Friday The biggest concern in the long term period will be near- freezing temperatures again Monday morning. Closed upper low will follow the surface system departing on Saturday night, with the primary track north of the region. Cloud cover associated with the system will pass through northern Arkansas, with clearing over the remainder of the area. Much colder air will move into the region, temperatures will fall into the 30s over many areas, and with readings around freezing in the northwest and portions of the west Monday morning. However, the clouds remaining in the north should preclude a hard freeze. The high will shift eastward Monday into Tuesday, with winds coming around to the south, and temperatures warming back into the 70s to around 80 degrees. Around mid-week, a weaker front will move through the region, yielding little more than slight rain chances and a slight increase in cloud cover. There will be slight cooling behind this front. Toward the end of the week, there will be another system approaching the area, bringing another chance for rainfall. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Freeze Watch from late tonight through Sunday morning FOR Boone- Johnson-Marion-Newton. && Aviation...99
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 500 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000- 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- 500 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The strong storm system which produced the showers and thunderstorms over Arkansas will continue to move east and take most of the rain out of the state later today. Otherwise, cold temperatures will be seen tonight, with spotty readings around freezing being seen over parts of northern Arkansas. Also, winds will be become elevated today from the west and reach 10 to 20 mph with some gusts up to 25 mph. Caution is advised on area bodies of water due to the increased winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday Through Friday The cold temperatures will again be seen Monday morning, with patchy areas of near or below freezing temperatures in northern and parts of central Arkansas. Otherwise, mostly dry weather conditions will be seen Monday and much of the coming week. A late week system will bring rain back into the forecast. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 59
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
843 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SE SHERIDAN 34.29N 92.38W
04/14/2018 GRANT AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED DEBRIS ON ROADS AND CULVERT
WAS SUNK IN
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EVENT NUMBER LZK201800058
65PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1025 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 AM FLASH FLOOD DE WITT 34.29N 91.34W
04/14/2018 ARKANSAS AR PUBLIC
DE WITT POLICE REPORTED WATER IN HOMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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EVENT NUMBER LZK201800059
65PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1157 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM HAIL 3 E OMAHA 36.45N 93.13W
04/13/2018 E2.50 INCH BOONE AR AMATEUR RADIO
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57PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1222 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0533 AM FLASH FLOOD KINGSLAND 33.86N 92.29W
04/14/2018 CLEVELAND AR DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STATE HIGHWAY 189 WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
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57The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2018
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: 752600, 752601, 752597, 752599, 752604.