A wet spring brought on bouts of long duration flooding to some area rivers.
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The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A wet spring brought on bouts of long duration flooding to some area 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 Apr 30, 11:27 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1227 AM CDT Mon May 1 2023 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 156 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2023 A cold front has completed the journey through the Natural State and now resides across the I-20 corridor in Louisiana and Mississippi. Behind this cold front has been a tight pressure gradient that has resulted in gusty winds being noted across Arkansas. The trend of gusty winds will continue into the early overnight hours before winds begin to relax, especially after midnight, into the early morning hours on Monday. The departure of the cold front to the south of our CWA has allowed a sfc high pressure in the Central Plains region of the CONUS to bring us clear skies and dry weather. A trend that will continue into Monday and Tuesday. Winds will pick back up and become gusty again on Monday and Tuesday; however these winds while gusty, will not be as gusty as the winds anticipated for this afternoon/evening. Afternoon high temperatures will top out in the mid 60's to mid 70's statewide on Monday with high temperatures reaching higher on Tuesday into the upper 60's to upper 70's statewide. Morning low temperatures will fall with clear skies, but decent mixing of winds right at the sfc should keep overall low temperatures from plummeting too much. Monday morning low temperatures will vary across the CWA from the upper 30's to low 50's. A similar outcome is forecast for Tuesday morning with overall low temperatures bottoming out in the upper 30's to low 50's across the CWA. The lower temperatures will be present in the far northwestern part of the CWA and along portions the higher terrain across the state. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday Night through next Sunday) Issued at 156 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2023 No sig changes to note in the long term fcst...thru mid-week, drier and settled condns are expected w/ temps moderating towards above- normal readings for much of the FA, and incr rain chcs towards later this week and into next weekend. Upper-lvl amplified flow wl be in place over the CONUS w/ deep troughing over the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes and the Wrn US Coast. In b/w troughing, upper-lvl ridging wl remain in place over the Cntrl US, driving sfc high pressure across much of the Srn Cntrl US. By Thurs afternoon, lee sfc low pressure wl quickly develop over the OK/TX panhandle region. An accompanying wrmfrnt wl be draped from Cntrl OK/TX Ewrd towards the AR/MO border region. This bndry wl serve as the focus point for incr PoPs entering the fcst again by Thurs afternoon/evening. Model guidance remains set on precip staying focused over the Mid-MS River Valley, near the MO Bootheel/IL/KY tri-state region. However, some covg of PoPs wl lkly still be seen across the N/Ern half of the state over the course of next weekend. Through the weekend, long range guidance is still somewhat indicative of the aforementioned sfc wrmfrnt transitioning into a cdfrnt as an upper lvl shortwave perturbation pivots and maneuvers thru mean Great Lakes upper lvl troughing. However, the magnitude of the frnt seems to have weakened somewhat, in conjunction w/ the upper level perturbation shifting E/wrd, and ejecting through the Appalachians. As such, this would not drive as much of a cooldown as previously advertised, and instead, would continue to drive higher Chc PoPs for much of the FA as the bndry stalls out across the Nrn portion of AR. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1225 AM CDT Mon May 1 2023 VFR conditions are expected trough the period. Winds will remain out of the northwest and will be light overnight. Winds are expected to become gusty late Monday morning into the afternoon hours. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 68 44 71 44 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 73 46 79 49 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 65 39 67 39 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 70 47 76 46 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 70 48 76 48 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 73 49 78 50 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 69 46 76 45 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 66 41 68 40 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 69 43 71 44 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 71 48 77 48 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 70 44 74 43 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 70 44 74 45 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 70 45 75 46 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...234 LONG TERM....72 AVIATION...233
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1106 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2023 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- 237-238-240-241-313-340-341-011000- 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- 1106 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Some patchy frost may be seen across sheltered areas of northern Arkansas. Otherwise...no hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding along the White River at Augusta began in mid-February continuing through early May before falling below flood stage.
Flooding along the White River at Des Arc began in mid-February continuing through the early part of May before falling below flood stage.
Minor flooding occurred along the White River at Clarendon beginning in early-February continuing through early May before falling below flood stage.
Minor flooding was observed in early May at Thatcher L&D on the Ouachita River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2023
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: 1103874, 1103876, 1103877, 1103867.