Heavy rain brought flooding to the Black River at Pocohontas May 22 through the end of the month.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Black River at Pocohontas May 22 through the end of the month.
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 May 22, 5:49 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 649 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019 .AVIATION... For the 00Z TAFs, VFR conditions are expected to continue through the forecast period. There is a chance that we could experience some low clouds and/or light BR in the early morning hours, but for now have not included mention in forecast. If confidence in low clouds increases, may include in future issuance. Southerly winds will remain gusty for the next couple of hours, gusts near 20 MPH or less, but should begin to weaken after sunset. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 226 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Friday Weather through the period to be dominated by strong mid/upper level ridging building into AR from the southeast US. Increasing subsidence aloft, along with weak southerly surface flow, will lead to humid, but precipitation-free, conditions with above normal temperatures through Friday. The only fly in the ointment will be possible precipitation that could possibly drift into the extreme northwest corner of the forecast area this evening/early tonight associated with widespread convection expected over northeast OK/western MO. Afternoon high temperatures on Thursday look to range from the lower 80s over the northern higher terrain to around 90 over the far south. A degree or two warmer across the region on Friday as the high pressure builds somewhat. && LONG TERM...Friday Night Through Wednesday Long term begins with a summer like ridge centered over the SE CONUS. So naturally a summer like ridge will turn into summer like temperatures for the Holiday weekend. Afternoon high temperatures will run about ten degrees above normal with highs in the lower 90's. This ridge will help to keep all precipitation chances to our west and north. Models begin to diverge towards the start of next week as the 06z and 12z GFS and the 00z Canadian had the ridge sliding back to the east while the 00z ECMWF has the ridge sliding west and becoming centered over Arkansas. However, the 12z ECMWF did come into agreement with the GFS. With the ridge forecast to slide to the east that will allow an approaching cold front to move into the state. This cold front will become parallel to the upper level flow which will allow the front to stall until the base of the upper level trough swings through and kicks the front out to the east on Thursday. With the models coming better into agreement...did go ahead and bump the slight chance POPs up to slight chance and chance POPs for Tuesday night into Wednesday. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...CROSS
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 217 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231100- 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- 217 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday Through Monday Heat index values will warm into the mid to possibly upper 90s for at least some portion of the area through the rest of the week into the weekend. Otherwise...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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
River flooding returned to the Black River at Pocohontas May 22 and continued into June.
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