Heavy rain caused flooding across Arkansas in early April 2019.
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Heavy rain caused flooding across Arkansas in early April 2019.
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 8, 5:16 PM CST, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 616 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 .DISCUSSION... Updated to include the 00Z aviation discussion below... && .AVIATION... Generally VFR conditions will be seen through the period for most terminals. However...some MVFR conditions will continue across the SERN terminals for the next few hrs this evening...with some SHRA nearby. Precip chances will be low for all terminals for Tue. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 214 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Wednesday Low pressure system continues pushing eastward just south of the forecast area. Latest satellite imagery and surface obs continue to depict mid and upper level clouds across eastern and southern portions of the state due to the aforementioned vort max. Some wrap- around moisture could keep cloud cover and rain chances in place through the evening hours, especially across the eastern half of the state. A weak surface cold front has pushed southeast through central portions of the state but aside from a northerly wind shift behind this feature, do not expect any significant impacts. Once the storm system and cold front exit the area, expect weak high pressure to build eastward over the area. This will provide pleasant conditions through Wednesday, with dry weather and mostly sunny skies. Another storm system across the Western US will begin approaching the area, and as it does so expect cyclogenesis to strengthen the closed low. As a result, expect significant pressure gradient tightening across the central and southern plains. This will provide elevated winds across the Natural State, especially across the northwest. Wind speeds could approach 15 to 20 mph with higher gusts possible. Temperatures will be quite warm during the period, with highs in the upper 70s and 80s, and lows in the 50s. LONG TERM...Wednesday Night Through Monday H500 low will be making its way into the Southern Plains at the start of the period with a corresponding low at the surface as well. Local pressure gradient will be greatly impacted by the approaching low and as such south to southwesterly winds will be elevated on Thursday. As the upper system tracks east, the surface low will drag a cold front through the state. Warm air will remain in place for Thursday, but not nearly as warm as previous days. Much of the area will remain dry on Thursday, but some thunderstorms may develop across eastern Arkansas Thursday evening as the front moves through. High pressure will settle into the area for Friday with much cooler air in place. Expect lows in the mid to upper 30s across some portions of northern and western Arkansas. Dry air and some residual W/NW winds will limit any potential frost development. Similarly cool temperatures will be seen again Saturday morning across the north. By this weekend another H500 trough will make its way across the state from the west. 12z model guidance helps support the idea of a later start time for precip across the area, so have made timing changes to cloud/POP onset from SW to NE across the area. Regardless, widespread rainfall will be seen from Saturday PM into Sunday. Limited instability aloft seems to limit the threat for thunder and have left out TS wording attm. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...62
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 230 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091000- 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- 230 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday Through Sunday The threat for hazardous weather will be low through Sunday, however strong winds are expected Wednesday and Thursday. Therefore, caution is advised on area lakes and rivers. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding resulted from heavy rain on the Ouachita River April 8 through April 30, 2019.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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