Through the first week of June, slow moving storm systems aloft, clouds, and areas of rain kept temperatures down. There was enough rain to cover Highway 67 with water near Donaldson (Hot Spring County) on the 1st.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Through the first week of June, slow moving storm systems aloft, clouds, and areas of rain kept temperatures down. There was enough rain to cover Highway 67 with water near Donaldson (Hot Spring County) on the 1st. In the twenty four hour period ending at 700 am CDT on the 2nd, two to three inches of rain dumped at Antoine (Pike County), Jessieville (Garland County), and Murfreesboro (Pike County).
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 Jun 1, 5:37 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 637 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021 .AVIATION... Showers and a few thunderstorms continue across the southeast half of the state. These will become more scattered after midnight. Low ceilings will continue, and fog in the north. MVFR to LIFR conditions are expected through much of the period. Some improvement is anticipated Wednesday afternoon. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 251 PM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Thursday Quite the contrast in temps and dewpoints across the state this afternoon as a warm front attempts to lift north into the area. While locations across northern Arkansas are flirting with record low highs, southern and portions of central AR have climbed to near 80 F with dewpoints in the lower 70s F. The moist airmass will remain over the area and as an H500 shortwave lifts northeast within the SW flow showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop across much of the area. Much of northern AR has seen between 0.5 to 2 inches of rainfall and any additional rain could lead to a flash flood threat. Also, the thunderstorms that develop across southern Arkansas through the evening hours could provide some locally heavy rainfall and an isolated flash flood threat. The sfc low located to the SW of the area this afternoon will also begin to lift to the northeast and from Wednesday to Thursday will bring an end to the precip from NW to SE across the state. With the accompanying H500 trough overhead slowly shifting east, precip chances won't wrap up quickly. Below average temperatures will remain across much of the N/NW through the period with near to slightly above average values across the S/SE. LONG TERM...Thursday Night Through Tuesday With the continued focus for convection along the Gulf Coast, the threat of any POPs will remain in southern Arkansas through the end of the week. By the weekend a negatively tilted trough will kick up a closed low out of Texas and provide an increased chance for showers and thunderstorms to overspread the state. A weak upper ridge will attempt to build over the SW CONUS by early next week with rain eventually tapering off from the west. ECMWF is slower than the GFS with rain chances lingering through the middle of the week. Forecasted temperatures will remain below normal through the entire period due to enhanced cloud cover and rain chances. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Flash Flood Watch through Wednesday morning FOR Baxter-Boone- Conway-Fulton-Izard-Johnson-Logan-Marion-Newton-Perry-Pope- Searcy-Sharp-Stone-Van Buren-Yell. && Aviation...51
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 333 AM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000- 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- 333 AM CDT Tue Jun 1 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and a few thunderstorms will become more numerous through this afternoon and evening. Some strong to briefly severe thunderstorms could be seen across mainly the southern half to third of the state. Strong winds will be the primary threat with the strongest storms...along with some marginally severe hail also possible. Some areas of heavy rainfall could also be seen through tonight...with an increased flash flood threat as a result over western...northwestern and into northern sections of the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday Through Monday For the middle of the week...scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms will be possible. By the weekend however...showers and thunderstorms will become more widespread as a slow-moving upper level system affects the state. Showers and thunderstorms will remain likely into early next week. Rain could be heavy at times...and this could lead to the threat of flash flooding...especially in areas that received heavy rainfall early this week. Some rises on area rivers and streams are possible as well. At this time...the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms is low Wednesday through Monday. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water covered Highway 67 and Front Street in Donaldson.
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