Heavy rain brought flooding to south Arkansas in mid December 2018.
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Heavy rain brought flooding to south Arkansas in mid December 2018.
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 Dec 10, 3:57 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 357 AM CST Mon Dec 10 2018 .SHORT TERM...Today Through Tuesday Night It'll be a nice start to the week, with temperatures in the lower to mid 20s, and highs in the lower to mid 40s. Dry air will continue to filter into the region with weak northerly flow over the state. An upper level low will sweep southeastward through the state through the day, and as it does so will leave strong northerly flow over the region. Despite the enhanced lift over the area, dry air will prevent any precipitation chances across the state. Behind this feature, southerly surface winds will return, with slight ridging aloft and surface high pressure just south of the state. Even with plentiful sunshine, it will take a few days to rebound from the cold temperatures the cold front delivered over the weekend. Lows on Tuesday will be in the 20s, with highs in the lower 50s. Cloud cover will return to the Natural State on Tuesday as another cold front approaches the area. This will help keep temperatures a little warmer Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, with lows only dipping into the lower 40s and upper 30s. && .LONG TERM...Wednesday Through Sunday Long term period features a very progressive and amplified pattern with several chances of precipitation for the forecast area. Models are in decent agreement early in the period before significantly diverging with time. As such, will simply blend forecast solutions this morning with a lean towards the slightly more consistent ECMWF. Period initiates with surface high pressure over the southeast United States and surface low pressure and its associated cold front moving through the upper midwest. Pattern will bring moisture into the region Wednesday ahead of a cold front with showers on the increase as the day progresses along with maybe an isolated thunderstorm or two. Severe weather is not expected and winter weather is not a concern. Models are also consistent with bringing a much stronger system into the northern plains early Thursday with a rather robust looking upper low being carved out along the Red River. System is forecast by all models to track to the east of the state Friday and into Friday night with the aforementioned model differences beginning to show up concerning where the system exactly ends up. GFS is stronger with this system versus its ECMWF counterpart but both models do bring in a good shot of rain with it with the highest amounts over the east. Severe potential remains limited at this point with deep moisture return, differences in timing and stability in question. Situation will need to be monitored with time. For now system looks to be just a rain maker but again, it will need to be watched closely to see if any cold air can be wrapped around the departing low in time to produce winter weather over the north. GFS then brings yet another system through on Sunday while the ECMWF has no sign of it. As such, low end pops will be needed for Sunday. Temperatures will actually average above normal through the week with the MAV/MEX numbers generally accepted. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 42 24 52 37 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 48 26 57 37 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 44 28 55 39 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 47 26 55 40 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 44 26 54 37 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 44 26 54 37 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 48 25 56 41 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 44 26 54 37 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 40 23 48 36 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 43 26 54 36 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 46 26 55 38 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 42 23 52 35 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 42 27 52 37 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Short Term...CROSS / Long Term...GOUDSWARD
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 304 AM CST Mon Dec 10 2018 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-110915- Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone- Izard-Independence-Lawrence-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- 304 AM CST Mon Dec 10 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday Through Sunday 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. Cross/Goudsward
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden December 10, 2018.
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