Heavy rain in late September brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson.
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Heavy rain in late September brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson.
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 Sep 24, 5:45 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 645 AM CDT Mon Sep 24 2018 .AVIATION... Southerly flow continues to bring moisture into the area this morning. Showers with isolated thunderstorms are expected through the day and into tonight as the front near the Louisiana border moves slowly northward. The front should be in north Arkansas by this evening. IFR and MVFR conditions this morning should should improve by late morning to VFR. Conditions will deteriorate again tonight with low clouds and fog. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 350 AM CDT Mon Sep 24 2018) SHORT TERM...Today Through Tuesday Night Southwest flow continues over Arkansas this morning with an upper trough to the northwest. This upper trough will move southeast through the Plains today and Tuesday. This southwest flow will continue through Tuesday night. Showers and a few thunderstorms continue to move north across Arkansas this morning with moisture streaming north from the Gulf of Mexico. Areas of fog also continue in most places. A nearly stationary front remains along the Louisiana border this morning, but will begin moving north today, and reach northern Arkansas tonight. Rain and fog is expected along and near the front this morning. Due to instability along the front, thunderstorms, though isolated, will be noted along and near the front this afternoon and evening. Severe thunderstorms are not anticipated at this time. Another cold front will be moving into the northwest part of the state Tuesday night. The rain chances will continue through the short term period. Warmer temperatures are expected today on the south side of the front. Highs today will be in the mid 70s to mid 80s...then widespread 80s for Tuesday. Lows tonight will be in the mid 60s to lower 70s. LONG TERM...Wednesday Through Sunday A cold front will be moving south through the state at the start of the long term period...with slight chance to chance POPs forecast. Looks like coverage of SHRA/TSRA will be less widespread than earlier indicated...with POPs lowered as a result. Even so...some scattered SHRA/TSRA will remain possible. By late Wed into Thu...the drier more stable air filtering into the state will result in lower POPs across much of the CWA...though some lingering isolated activity may be seen across the SRN sections as the front slows just south of AR. Temps early in the long term period will start off well below normal due to precip chances and the cooler...post frontal airmass. By Fri...the aforementioned cold front will lift back north as a warm front...with warmer temps returning to the forecast. By the weekend...an upper ridge will start expanding to the SE of the region over the SERN CONUS...with temps warming to near or even just above normal. Some SHRA/TSRA will still be possible over this weekend...but looks like it will be more diurnally driven convection with the upper ridge to the SE becoming more of an influence. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...51
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 409 AM CDT Mon Sep 24 2018 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-250915- 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- 409 AM CDT Mon Sep 24 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and a few isolated thunderstorms will remain possible today and tonight. The overall threat for hazardous weather will remain low...but some locally heavy rainfall may be seen. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday Through Sunday Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast Tuesday through Wednesday. While a strong storm or two will be possible...the threat for seeing severe weather looks fairly low at this time. Some locally heavy rainfall will be possible however. The threat for hazardous weather through the rest of the period looks low 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. 51/62
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson for the latter part of September.
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