Heavy rain brought flooding to a few rivers heading into the middle of May.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rain brought flooding to a few rivers heading into the middle of May.
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 8, 6:10 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 710 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019 .AVIATION... A complex of SHRA/TSRA was moving across the state this afternoon. This activity will continue to affect eastern and southern TAF sites for the longest duration of time. A lull in convection is expected into the early evening before another round of SHRA/TSRA develop and move across the state. MVFR/IFR conditions will prevail through the period. VFR conditions are expected after 15/16z. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 308 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Friday Southerly flow continues across the area bringing abundant moisture into the state. Latest soundings show a moistening of the lower layers. Showers with scattered thunderstorms continue to overspread the area. Precipitation chances will continue tonight and Thursday and into Friday. Flash flooding is the main concern with an already saturated ground. The round of rain tonight should bring the heavier rain, late evening through the overnight hours. The Flash Flood Watch continues into Thursday afternoon. A slight risk of severe thunderstorms continues through this evening for much of the state. The best chance of severe storms will be in the south with damaging winds the main threat. The cold front will work through the state Thursday and this will bring cooler temperatures for Friday. High temperatures Friday will be mainly in the 60s. LONG TERM...Friday Night Through Wednesday The period will begin with a stalled frontal boundary across the forecast area. Surface high pressure will push into the area on Sunday and push the boundary southward out of the area, bringing a brief respite in the rainfall. A return flow will set up by Tuesday / Tuesday night, bringing Gulf moisture back into the area again. A closed low over the southwestern US will start to kick a few disturbances across the area as it advances, bringing rain chances back to the forecast by late in the period. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Flash Flood Watch through Thursday afternoon FOR Arkansas- Bradley-Calhoun-Clark-Cleburne-Cleveland-Conway-Dallas-Desha- Drew-Faulkner-Garland-Grant-Hot Spring-Independence-Jackson- Jefferson-Johnson-Lincoln-Logan-Lonoke-Monroe-Montgomery-Newton- Ouachita-Perry-Pike-Polk-Pope-Prairie-Pulaski-Saline-Scott- Searcy-Stone-Van Buren-White-Woodruff-Yell. && Aviation...JONES
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 419 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091100- 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- 419 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorm will continue to advance eastward through the evening and overnight hours. Severe weather will be possible with any thunderstorm...with damaging winds and tornadoes possible with the strongest storms. Some storms may also produce large hail. The best chances for seeing severe weather will be across southern parts of the state through this evening. Another round of thunderstorms will be possible overnight into early Thursday morning. Severe weather will again be possible...with damaging winds and tornadoes possible with the strongest storms. Areas of heavy rainfall will be possible through tonight with these two rounds of thunderstorms. Expect rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches across much of the area through tonight...with locally higher amounts possible. The heaviest rainfall looks to fall across the central into southern sections of the area through tonight. Given how much heavy rainfall has been observed over the past several weeks...this will contribute to an increasing flash flood threat...as well as worsen ongoing flooding across numerous river basins. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday Through Tuesday Additional thunderstorms will be possible throughout the daytime hours on Thursday...with additional heavy rainfall expected across southern into southeast sections of the area. An additional 1 to 2 inches will be possible after sunrise Thursday...with storm total amounts by Thursday afternoon of 2 to 4 inches. Locally higher amounts will be possible....with the threat for flash and river flooding continuing. Severe weather will remain possible on Thursday...with the best chances for seeing severe weather across the southeast half of the area. Damaging winds will be the primary threat with the strongest storms on Thursday. Additional chances for showers and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast into the weekend...with additional heavy rainfall possible. Calmer conditions will then be seen by early next week. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation may be need through tonight and Thursday. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
748 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0619 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 N WOODLAWN 34.96N 91.88W
05/08/2019 LONOKE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF WOODLAWN.
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JGOUDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
801 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG PINE BLUFF 34.21N 92.02W
05/08/2019 JEFFERSON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS PINE BLUFF.
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JGOUDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
809 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM FLASH FLOOD DONALDSON 34.23N 92.92W
05/08/2019 HOT SPRING AR EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED.
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JGOUDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
840 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM FLASH FLOOD COY 34.54N 91.87W
05/08/2019 LONOKE AR PUBLIC
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN COY.
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JGOUDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
851 PM CDT WED MAY 08 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG CHAMBERSVILLE 33.75N 92.43W
05/08/2019 CALHOUN AR SOCIAL MEDIA
A FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE AREA.
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EVENT NUMBER LZK1900045
JHOODPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
858 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0619 PM TSTM WND DMG PINE BLUFF 34.21N 92.02W
05/08/2019 JEFFERSON AR EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 4 INJ *** APARTMENT COMPLEX DAMAGED IN PINE BLUFF.
THE SIDE OF A BRICK WALL COLLAPSED ALONG WITH ROOF
DAMAGE.
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JHOODThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding began on May 8 and continued through May 9 om the Ouachita River at Arkadelphia.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Saline River at Benton on May 9.
Flooding occurred from May 9 to the 11th on the Fourche LaFave River at Houston.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River at Newport May 11 and 12.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2019
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 831681, 831682, 831683, 831942.