Flooding continued from March in the northeast, from heavy rains earlier in the year.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Flooding continued from March in the northeast, from heavy rains earlier in the year.
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 Mar 31, 5:36 PM CST, 6 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 636 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2019 .AVIATION... High pressure will continue over the area through tonight. A weak short wave will move through the area Monday and bring additional mid level clouds. VFR conditions will continue. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 248 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2019) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Tuesday High pressure at the surface will be the main feature in place across the area during the short term portion of the forecast. Sub freezing temperatures occurred this morning along and north of the I-40 corridor. With much lighter winds expected and cold air in place across the state today, more widespread freezing temperatures are expected by Monday morning. For Monday, clouds will rapidly build in from the west as a fast moving H500 shortwave will move directly over the state. From northern Louisiana to northern Arkansas, the amount of dry air in the 850-700mb level greatly increases. Given the dry air in place, a rain-free forecast is being advertised although some light rain may occur not far from the southern CWA border. As the system exits, clouds will clear and another cold night is expected with some near freezing temperatures expected by Tuesday morning. LONG TERM...Tuesday Night Through Sunday The period begins on an active note with many features ongoing across the CONUS. Areas of upper troughing will be located over the Four Corners region, off the NJ coast, and a deep closed low over Hudson Bay. Between the two southern troughs is a upper ridge which happens to be in control of our weather locally through Wednesday. At the surface, lee side cyclogenesis will be developing across CO meanwhile high pressure will be departing the area to the east. Between systems, southerly flow will pump moisture back into the region ahead of the next weather maker. Wednesday, the trough over the Four Corners region ejects across the Rockies, at H850, southwesterly flow ramps up considerable as the surface low moves into the TX panhandle. A thin area of enhanced moisture becomes evident across OK in advance of the surface low as it continues to deepen. Downstream of this upper trough, large scale forcing for ascent begins to overspread the southern Plains. Robust lift will also be associated with the surface low and dryline extending southward towards Mexico. Expecting showers and thunderstorms to break out across OK on Wednesday afternoon and move east into AR during the early morning hours on Thursday. Thursday, things begin to turn interesting locally, aloft, the trough approaches AR from the west. As the trough approaches, large scale forcing for ascent will overspread the Natural State. Closer to the surface, H850, substantial low level south-southwesterly flow will overspread the state. And lastly at the surface, the low begins to move into NW AR during the morning hours. Dew points are expected to climb quite a bit overnight as southerly winds pump moisture into the region. Forecasted soundings suggest ample sheer across the region and a veering profile across much of AR, however the highest potential energy and instability appears to reside over the southern half of the state. At this time, showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop with all modes of severe weather possible. Several factors are still at play here, timing of best lift, time of arrival of frontal boundary (i.e day or night), and antecedent precipitation to stabilize the atmosphere. These variables should become more clear as Thursday approaches. At minimum this is a storm system to keep watchful eye of, especially across the southern half of the state. Showers and thunderstorms will come to an end early Friday as the system exits to the east and high pressure enters from the west. Temporary quiet weather should hold through early Sunday. Out west, a new trough is expected to move across the Rockies, this time much further south and negatively tilted. This system does look to impact the state just outside the long term period. While there is still a bit of model discrepancy, the potential for another round of showers and thunderstorms appears likely. Temperatures will remain near normal through the period. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Freeze Warning from 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Monday FOR Arkansas-Baxter- Boone-Clark-Cleburne-Cleveland-Conway-Dallas-Faulkner-Fulton- Garland-Grant-Hot Spring-Independence-Izard-Jackson-Jefferson- Johnson-Lawrence-Lincoln-Logan-Lonoke-Marion-Monroe-Montgomery- Newton-Perry-Pike-Polk-Pope-Prairie-Pulaski-Randolph-Saline- Scott-Searcy-Sharp-Stone-Van Buren-White-Woodruff-Yell. && Aviation...51
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1149 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2019 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- 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- 1149 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Near or just below freezing temperatures remain possible tonight into early Monday morning for a large portion of the area. Otherwise...no hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday Through Saturday Thunderstorms look to return to the forecast by Wednesday night through Thursday...with the possibility of some strong storms Thursday over much of the area. However...the threat for organized or widespread severe weather looks uncertain this far out in time. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 62
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding continued on the White River at Augusta from March due to heavy rain.
Flooding continued on the White River at Clarendon from March due to heavy rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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