the White, Black, and the Ouachita rivers.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rain in March brought flooding to several rivers in Arkansas...the White, Black, and the Ouachita 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 Mar 31, 11:12 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1212 AM CDT Fri Apr 1 2022 .AVIATION... Updated for 01/12Z terminals... High pressure will continue to build over the area and will be over Arkansas on Friday. Mainly clear skies are expected. High clouds increase at the end of the period ahead of the next system. VFR conditions are anticipated. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 213 PM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Saturday Clouds and light rain/mix will remain in northern AR through the evening hours. Clouds are expected to increase in thickness for central AR which will likely keep afternoon highs below average. High pressure slides into the area for the day on Friday promoting calm and dry conditions, at least briefly. A weak system is expected to move into the CWA early Saturday morning bringing the chance of rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Overall, severe weather is not expected this system as instability and shear will be lacking. A warming trend is expected through the period with the coldest temperatures tonight warming through Saturday. Overnight lows are expected to be in the 30s across much of the state. Frost advisories have been issued for much of central AR while freeze warnings have been issued through Friday morning for much of northern AR. Expect highs to warm into the 60s and 70s through Saturday with overnight lows warning into the 40s. LONG TERM...Saturday Night Through Thursday SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY: The long-term forecast period begins w/ overall quiet weather across the Natural State. An upper-level ridge positions over the Central Plains regions of the CONUS. The ridge will promote overall westerly flow aloft over Arkansas. At the sfc, High Pressure moves over Missouri which will prompt easterly winds across the state Saturday night into the day on Sunday. Expect conditions on Sunday to consist of plentiful amounts of sunshine w/ increasing clouds Sunday night. Both low and high temperatures on Sunday will be near normal for this time of the year. MONDAY/TUESDAY: A deepening sfc Low Pressure across Iowa w/ a trailing Cold front to the southwest will enter the Natural State throughout the day on Monday. As the Cold Front moves into the state it will slow significantly becoming a Stationary Front w/ a secondary sfc Low Pressure developing across central Oklahoma w/ a trailing Cold Front oriented north to south along the Oklahoma/Arkansas border by early Tuesday. This setup will provide several opportunities for showers and isolated thunderstorms beginning on Monday and lasting into early Wednesday. Expect increasing cloud cover w/ multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms on both Monday and Tuesday. The latest guidance suggests that from Monday through the early morning hours on Wednesday rainfall total accumulations could range from 1 to 3 inches statewide w/ the chance of a 2 to 4 inch band across the northern 1/3rd of the state. Temperatures for both the low and high temperature will be rather mild for this time of the year w/ high temperatures slightly above normal and low temperatures on average 10 degrees warmer. WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/AND LOOKING AHEAD: The sfc Low Pressure moves into the Great Lakes region of the CONUS. The Cold Front and any associated residual rain will clear the state by noon on Wednesday. Expect decreasing clouds w/ a break in the cloud deck by Wednesday evening. The Cold Front brings in a cooler and drier airmass that will keep low and high temperatures on Thursday near to a few degrees below normal. Looking ahead, the best shot for rain and thunderstorms appears to be early in the week w/ conditions clearing around mid-week. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Frost Advisory until 9 AM CDT this morning FOR Clark-Cleburne- Conway-Dallas-Faulkner-Garland-Grant-Hot Spring-Independence- Jackson-Lawrence-Logan-Lonoke-Monroe-Montgomery-Ouachita-Perry- Pike-Polk-Pope-Prairie-Pulaski-Randolph-Saline-Scott-Van Buren- White-Woodruff-Yell. Freeze Warning until 9 AM CDT this morning FOR Baxter-Boone- Fulton-Izard-Johnson-Marion-Newton-Searcy-Sharp-Stone. && Aviation...51/57
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 221 PM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011500- 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- 221 PM CDT Thu Mar 31 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight By this evening, clouds will decrease, and winds diminish. This will allow for temperatures to fall into the lower to mid 30s in a large part of Arkansas, with areas of frost possible. Over portions of northern Arkansas, temperatures will likely fall to or a little below freezing. This could kill sensitive outdoor plants and vegetation. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday Through Wednesday By next week, another system is expected to affect Arkansas, and could stall over the region, potentially producing heavy rainfall. Severe weather is not expected with this system at this time. With additional rain possible in the coming days, flooding will persist along area rivers. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 233/234
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain in March brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Thatcher Lock and Dam that continued in early April.
Heavy rain in March brought flooding to the Black River at Black Rock that continued in early April.
Heavy rain in March brought flooding to the White River at Augusta that continued through April.
Heavy rain in March brought flooding to the White River at Des Arc that continued through April.
Heavy rain in March brought flooding to the White River at Clarendon that continued through April.
Heavy rain in March brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson that continued through April.
Heavy rain brought flooding to the Black River at Pocahontas in early April.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2022
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: 1018898, 1018905, 1018909, 1018914, 1018915, 1018917, 1018902.