Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of central and southern Arkansas in mid June.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Heavy rain brought flooding to parts of central and southern Arkansas in mid June.
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 8, 5:45 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 645 PM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 .AVIATION... Showers and thunderstorms have moved east of the area. With abundant moisture in the ground, any places that clear out tonight will have fog develop. A cold front will move through tonight and high pressure will dominate on Thursday. Expect MVFR conditions in the morning then conditions will improve to VFR. && .PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 221 PM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022) SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Friday Radar imagery shows the scattered/widespread convection continuing to move E/SE across much of the CWA early this Wed afternoon...with mainly just NERN sections remaining generally dry at this time. Some of this activity will still have the possibility to become SVR...with damaging winds the primary threat. Otherwise...marginally SVR winds/hail will be seen. Some areas of locally heavy rainfall will also remain a threat...resulting in an isolated flash flood threat. Given how spotty the heaviest pockets of rainfall have been lately...will hold off on a flash flood watch for now. By tonight...this convection will move east of the area...with generally dry conditions expected. Light winds and moisture from this rainfall may generate some fog as well. Most areas look to remain dry on Thu with no upper disturbances passing SE over the state in NW flow aloft. However...could still see some isolated convection across SRN into SWRN sections late tonight into Thu where the stalled frontal boundary will end up. This stalled frontal boundary will lift back north Thu night into Fri...near the same time a new upper disturbance drops SE across the state. The next round of organized convection will develop as a result...late Thu night into Fri morning. This complex may track a bit further NE then the past couple events...but the exact path remains uncertain at this time. For this reason...will hold off on a flash flood watch as well for the late week system. If it looks like the best QPF will move over the areas of recent heavy rainfall...may need to reconsider a watch. LONG TERM...Friday Night Through Wednesday Not a lot has changed from yesterday. The term will begin with a northwesterly flow and a shortwave exiting, followed by the buildup of a significant ridge over the midsection of the country. Precip chances will be exiting the state by early Saturday morning. A surface high will slide to the east and allow a southerly flow to redevelop late Sunday. Surface winds by Monday will be more south- southwest, and that southwesterly component will keep dewpoints generally below 70 in most areas. While that isn't "dry" by any stretch of the imagination, it will allow afternoon temperatures to creep up a bit higher than they normally would under similar circumstances. In the Mon-Wed time frame, afternoon highs will top out in the lower 90's north, with mid-upper 90's across the central and southern locations. It would not surprise me if we get a random location or two across southwest Arkansas that hits the 100 degree mark briefly. && .LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE. && Aviation...51
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 237 PM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-062>069- 103-112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230- 237-238-240-241-313-340-341-091000- Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Stone-Izard-Independence- Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry- Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark- Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln- Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-Boone County Except Southwest- Newton County Higher Elevations-Searcy County Lower Elevations- Southern Johnson County-Southern Pope County- Southeast Van Buren County-Western and Northern Logan County- Northern Scott County-Northwest Yell County- Polk County Lower Elevations- Central and Eastern Montgomery County- Boone County Higher Elevations-Newton County Lower Elevations- Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations- Johnson County Higher Elevations-Pope County Higher Elevations- Van Buren County Higher Elevations- Southern and Eastern Logan County- Central and Southern Scott County-Yell Excluding Northwest- Northern Polk County Higher Elevations- Northern Montgomery County Higher Elevations- Eastern, Central, and Southern Searcy County Higher Elevations- Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations- Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations- 237 PM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will remain possible across much of the area...with some strong to severe thunderstorms possible across southern and portions of central Arkansas this afternoon. Some damaging winds will be the primary threat with the strongest storms. Some small hail and locally heavy rainfall will also be possible...with some isolated flash flooding possible. The flash flood threat will be especially true in areas that saw heavy rainfall the past couple days. Expect the threat for hazardous weather to become low this evening and overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday Through Tuesday An isolated shower or thunderstorm will be possible on Thursday...mainly across southwest sections of the area. More widespread showers and thunderstorms are possible late Thursday night through midday Friday as a new system moves across the state. Some strong to severe thunderstorms could be seen. Some heavy rainfall may also be seen Thursday night through Friday...with some flash flooding possible. By Saturday...the chances for showers and thunderstorms decrease. However...hot and humid condtions will return to the region Sunday into the middle of next week. Temperatures will climb into the 90s...and heat index values will likely approach or exceed 100 to 105 degrees some afternoons. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSE RELFS BLUFF 33.77N 91.83W
06/08/2022 DREW AR SOCIAL MEDIA
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HWY 425.
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EVENT NUMBER LZK2200718
70PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
431 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0347 PM TSTM WND DMG ARKANSAS CITY 33.61N 91.21W
06/08/2022 DESHA AR TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH. LARGE TREE LIMBS
WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWERLINES ON NATCHEZ STREET.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK2200719
70PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
724 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG WARRENTON 33.85N 91.66W
06/08/2022 LINCOLN AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LARGE OAK TREE WAS UPROOTED, KNOCKING DOWN A SECOND
TREE. A POWER POLE WAS ALSO BLOWN OVER.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK2200720
70The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1034110, 1034114, 1034111, 1034107, 1034113, 1034109, 1034108.