Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River at Des Arc and Georgetown in the middle part of January.
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Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River at Des Arc and Georgetown in the middle part of January.
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 Jan 15, 11:57 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1157 PM CST Wed Jan 15 2020 .DISCUSSION... Updated to include the 06Z aviation discussion below... && .AVIATION... A cold front is progressing south late this evening...with drier air filtering into the state from the north. This will keep the potential for low VIS limited...but still will see some low CIGs possible. Some SHRA/isolated TSRA will be possible across SRN sections of the area overnight. Chances for any precip decrease during the daytime hrs on Thu...though could still see some SHRA across the south and SW. && PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 206 PM CST Wed Jan 15 2020) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Friday Zonal flow is across the area this afternoon with an upper ridge over the Gulf of Mexico. This ridge will build into the Plains tonight and Thursday. The ridge will move east and be over the southern Plains to Great Lakes area by Friday. A surge of warm air is occurring this afternoon as temperatures climb into the 60s and 70s in Arkansas. Fog has again been slow to dissipate. A cold front will move through Arkansas this afternoon and tonight and bring cooler temperatures and a gusty north wind behind the front. Showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected along this cold front. The best rain chances will be in the southeast half of the state tonight. High pressure builds into the state tonight and moves east on Friday. The next system from the Plains will affect Arkansas Thursday night and Friday. Temperatures will be warm enough for rain in most locations. However, freezing or sleet will be possible along the Missouri border Friday morning. Highs Thursday will be in the mid 40s to lower 50s and in the mid 40s to mid 50s Friday. Lows will be in the lower 30s to lower 50s Thursday and lower 30s to lower 40s Friday. LONG TERM...Friday Night Through Wednesday By Friday evening, a 500mb trough will advance Eward through the central Plains while a surface low develops over the same area and tracks Eward. Serly flow will increase temperature, moisture, and precipitation, as a warm front advances NEward through the state through early Saturday morning. Saturday morning lows will be in the 40s and 50s, highs in the upper 40s (NW AR) to upper 60s (S/SE AR). As the system continues to move Eward, a cold front will enter the W/NWern part of the state late morning Saturday, introducing isolated TSRA as the cold front tracks Eward through the state. The frontal boundary will exit the state late Saturday night, along with the line of SHRA/TSRA. There is no indication of significant instability in the region associated with this system. NWerly surface flow behind the frontal boundary will carry drier, colder air into the region, returning below average temperatures to the state by Sunday morning. High pressure settles into the region, with below average temperatures and dry conditions expected through the middle of next week (lows in the 20s and 30s, highs in the 30s and 40s). && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...62
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 229 PM CST Wed Jan 15 2020 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161100- 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- 229 PM CST Wed Jan 15 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible over southern Arkansas this afternoon and evening. While an isolated strong storm is possible, severe weather chances are low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday Through Tuesday Cold air will be in place for Thursday night into Friday as precipitation lifts north into western and northwest Arkansas. There may be a small window Friday morning where some wintry weather could be seen over far northern Arkansas, but accumulations and impacts are not expected at this time. Temperatures should warm for Friday into Saturday...with thunderstorms back in the forecast. Right now...the threat for seeing severe weather looks limited for Friday night through Saturday ...especially this far out in time. However...refer to later forecasts in the coming days to see if the threat for severe weather changes. Minor river flooding will continue...primarily on the White, Ouachita, Cache and Black Rivers. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 67
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River at Georgetown.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River at Des Arc.
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