Flooding from heavy rains continued from May into June in several Arkansas rivers.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Flooding from heavy rains continued from May into June in several Arkansas rivers.
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 31, 11:02 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1202 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2020 .DISCUSSION... Updated to include the 06Z aviation discussion below... && .AVIATION... Expect VFR conditions to persist through this TAF period for most terminals. Winds will remain at 10 kts or less sustained. Some high clouds could be seen as well. && PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 235 PM CDT Sun May 31 2020) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Tuesday Over the next couple of days, surface high pressure will shift eastward, with the upper ridge eroding. Southwest flow will strengthen, with low level moisture increasing quite a bit Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures will warm as well, but readings should be not too far above climatological averages. LONG TERM...Tuesday Night Through Sunday The extended period forecast will start off a little unsettled as weak troughing over the region keeps chances for rain across the state through mid to late week. At this point, have kept PoPs less than 50 as stronger forcing is anticipated to be north of the state. However, given moist and warm conditions, expect adequate instability across the region which will likely lead to scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday and Thursday. Synoptic high pressure will attempt to build back into the region on Friday and Saturday, which will help to limit rain chances. However, this may take a turn on Sunday when a potential tropical system begins to advance towards the state from the Gulf of Mexico. At this time, have kept PoPs around 20, with the highest likelihood of rain expected across the southern portions of Arkansas. Temperatures will be slightly above average through the period, with highs in the mid to upper 80s and 90s, and lows in the upper 60s and lower 70s. Additionally, expect dew point temperatures in the upper 60s and 70s through the majority of the period, which will tend to make it feel a little bit warmer. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...62
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 403 AM CDT Sun May 31 2020 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- 403 AM CDT Sun May 31 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday Through Saturday There will be some chances for isolated thunderstorms Wednesday through Friday...mainly during the afternoon hours. However...the threat for severe weather looks low. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 62/231
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding continued at Augusta on the White River through June from heavy rains in May.
Flooding continued at Clarendon on the White River through late June from heavy rains in May.
Flooding continued into June on the White River at Des Arc.
Flooding continued into June on the White River at Georgetown.
Flooding continued into June on the Black River at Black Rock.
Flooding continued into June on the Black River at Pocahontas.
Flooding continued into June on the Cache River at Patterson.
Flooding continued into June on the Ouachita River at Camden.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2020
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: 898128, 898129, 898920, 898921, 898922, 898923, 898924, 898925.