Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at Danville 3/31/20.
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Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at Danville 3/31/20.
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 Mar 31, 1:33 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 233 PM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020 .SHORT TERM...Today Through Thursday Night Northerly winds will continue to carry cooler air into the state through Wednesday morning, cooling the low temperature tomorrow morning to the lower to mid 40s. Upper level subsidence and surface high pressure will push east/northeastward through Arkansas tonight through Thursday. Surface wind will shift to come from the south, warming the Wednesday high to the upper 60s and lower 70s. Clearer skies Wednesday night will allow temperatures Thursday morning to cool to the upper 40s. Persistent southerly flow will warm temperatures Thursday afternoon to the upper 60s and lower 70s. By late Thursday, a 500mb trough will move into the western CONUS as a surface low pressure system approaches Arkansas from the west. Rain and isolated thunderstorm chances will increase by Thursday afternoon for the western part of the state. && .LONG TERM...Thursday Night Through Tuesday Models continue to advertise an overall progressive pattern with the synoptic scale features in generally good agreement. There are some timing differences with the individual features so a blend of model solutions is preferred this afternoon. Pattern initiates with deep troughing over the western united states and subsequent downstream ridging over the Ohio Valley. In between these two features will be a cold front extending from west Texas and through the central plains. Moisture will be on the increase in advance of the boundary which will be moving slowly as it runs into the aforementioned upper ridge. As such, precipitation chances return until the front pushes through early Saturday. A much stronger trough/upper low will be located off the central coast of California by late in the weekend with a low amplitude ridge over the mid south. Several impulses embedded in the prevailing flow will bring rounds of precipitation to the area. This is where the timing and location differences come into play with the solutions not in the best agreement. Rainfall amounts do not appear to be overly excessive at this point but there will be at least a chance of precipitation everyday through the period. Severe weather parameters do not really come together with the best chances seemingly just after the period concludes. Concerning temperatures, with the exception of Saturday, highs look to average above normal for early April. Lows look to average real close to where they should be for this time of year. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 42 67 48 69 / 0 0 0 10 Camden AR 44 72 51 73 / 0 0 0 10 Harrison AR 42 69 49 68 / 0 0 0 10 Hot Springs AR 44 71 50 72 / 0 0 0 10 Little Rock AR 44 71 49 72 / 0 0 0 10 Monticello AR 44 71 50 72 / 0 0 0 10 Mount Ida AR 42 71 51 71 / 0 0 0 20 Mountain Home AR 41 69 48 69 / 0 0 0 10 Newport AR 42 66 48 69 / 0 0 0 10 Pine Bluff AR 44 70 49 71 / 0 0 0 10 Russellville AR 42 72 50 73 / 0 0 0 20 Searcy AR 41 68 47 70 / 0 0 0 10 Stuttgart AR 43 69 48 70 / 0 0 0 10 && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Short Term...SHELTON / Long Term...GOUDSWARD
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 500 AM CDT Tue Mar 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- 500 AM CDT Tue Mar 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...Wednesday Through Monday Showers and storms will become more numerous Friday and Saturday as a front moves into the area. At this time, the probability of strong or severe storms is low. More unsettled weather is expected Sunday through early next week with at least isolated storms possible. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 44/Cooper
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Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at Danville on 3/31/20.
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