Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of northeast Arkansas in early December of 2018.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of northeast Arkansas in early December of 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 2, 3:38 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 338 AM CST Sun Dec 2 2018 .SHORT TERM...Today Through Monday Night Much quieter conditions are ongoing across the state early this Sun morning compared to this time yesterday...with dry weather in place. However...a cold front is currently moving SE through the state early this morning...which is showing up fairly well in radar imagery in addition to SFC obs. Expect this front to have moved east of the CWA by later this morning...with cooler conditions expected for this afternoon compared to Sat. Highs will be closer to normal for early Dec...though still maybe a few deg warm. Highs will range from the mid 40s across the NWRN counties...to the mid 60s across the SE. Even cooler conditions will be seen for Mon as the NWRLY SFC flow continues as high pressure will remain just to the NW by the end of the short term period. Dry wx will continue...but clouds will increase for Mon as an upper level disturbance passes over the region. These clouds will also aide in keeping temps cool and below normal...with highs in the mid 30s to low 40s across the north and NW...to the upper 40s to mid 50s elsewhere. This drier and cooler wx will continue into the long term period. && .LONG TERM...Tuesday Through Saturday The long term portion of the forecast will begin dry and cold as quasi-zonal flow and strong westerly flow aloft allows cold air to continue to filter into the region. Rain chances will return to the state on Thursday afternoon as an upper level trough over the Desert Southwest advances eastward. The embedded area of low pressure and associated surface cold front will move over the area through the weekend. The front should push through Friday and drop temperatures into the upper 30s and 40s for highs, and 20s and 30s for lows. This will cause rain to turn over to frozen precipitation beginning Friday morning, mainly during the overnight hours and across the northern sections of the state. At this time it appears that freezing rain, sleet, and snow will all be possible across the north due to 850mb temperatures staying above freezing, especially on Friday before the colder air filters into the state behind the cold front. Being several days out though, many details regarding the moisture, depth and position of the cold air, and storm strength, remain uncertain. As a result, changes in the in the wintry precipitation placement and timing are possible. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 58 35 46 29 / 0 10 10 0 Camden AR 63 40 55 32 / 0 10 10 10 Harrison AR 49 31 39 26 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 60 38 51 30 / 0 10 10 0 Little Rock AR 60 38 51 32 / 0 10 10 0 Monticello AR 65 41 53 34 / 0 10 10 10 Mount Ida AR 59 36 49 28 / 0 10 10 0 Mountain Home AR 51 32 41 27 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 58 35 47 31 / 0 10 10 10 Pine Bluff AR 62 39 52 33 / 0 10 10 10 Russellville AR 55 37 48 30 / 0 0 10 0 Searcy AR 57 35 49 30 / 0 10 10 0 Stuttgart AR 60 39 50 33 / 0 10 10 10 && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Short Term...62 / Long Term...69
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 313 AM CST Sun Dec 2 2018 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031100- 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- 313 AM CST Sun Dec 2 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...Monday Through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. A storm system moving through the region later this week may bring some wintry precipitation to portions of northern Arkansas Friday into Saturday. However...many uncertainties exist this far out in time regarding how much moisture will be in place and how cold the air will be. Refer to the later forecasts in the coming days as these uncertainties become more clear. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 62/69
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Cache River at Patterson 12/2/18.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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