Heavy rain led to river flooding on the White River at Augusta from mid to late December.
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Heavy rain led to river flooding on the White River at Augusta from mid to late December.
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 Dec 20, 12:04 AM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1204 AM CST Fri Dec 20 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Saturday) Issued at 252 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2024 Another cold front will be dropping down into Arkansas tonight. Considerably cooler and drier air will be moving in behind the front, along with gusty N/NW winds. This will be a dry frontal passage, and in fact POPs are zero thru the short term forecat period. Highs tomorrow will not make it out of the 30's across the north, and 40's will be common almost everywhere else. Low temperatures by Saturday morning will be quite chilly, with lows in the 20's across the area, and it is possible some outlying areas across the north will see the mercury dip down into the upper teens. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday Night through next Thursday) Issued at 252 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2024 Over the weekend, sfc ridging centered across the upper Midwest will migrate SEwrd to New England with return flow increasing locally as a result. This will mark the transition from more seasonable weather to a notably milder-than-average pattern with a good shot of rain and storms around Christmas Eve/Day. By Mon morning, the aforementioned sfc ridge will be draped along the E Coast as a compact upper disturbance and associated sfc reflection over the Great Lakes kicks Ewrd. On its heels will be a high-amplitude, negatively-tilted upper trough digging thru the central Plains, and this will draw a tongue of higher theta-e air Nwrd into the Red River Valley and Srn Plains states. Relatively nebulous sfc cyclogenesis will be favored invof the TX/OK Panhandles along the Nrn terminus of the developing warm sector. Persistent moisture advection will increase dewpoint temps into the 40s/50s F thru the first half of the week and, as synoptic forcing for ascent increases with the approach of the upper trough, rain will gradually increase NW-to-SE Mon afternoon thru Mon night with rain and some thunder likely for most thru at least very early Christmas morning. Thankfully, instability will be quite low with little severe threat to contend with, although max PWAT values around 1.3 inches (around the 90th percentile per NAEFS climo) will support occasionally heavy rain. Antecedent conditions suggest at least some flood threat with a worsening of, or at least prolongment of, ongoing riverine flooding. This batch of rain will try exiting to the E later Wed as the lead upper trough ejects, although another will follow quickly behind with at least some lingering showers thru the end of the period. Temps will remain above average with highs in the 50s/60s F and lows in the 40s/50s F. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1201 AM CST Fri Dec 20 2024 VFR conds will prevail through the period with SKC noted. A cold front will quickly sweep across the state tonight into Fri morning from NW to SE. Winds will shift from the W to NW, becoming gusty between 15-25 kts in the wake of the boundary. Winds should relax a bit after sunset Fri evening. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Batesville AR 41 25 43 26 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 50 27 48 28 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 37 22 44 26 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 46 26 47 29 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 46 28 45 29 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 50 28 47 30 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 46 25 49 28 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 39 23 43 26 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 41 26 42 26 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 46 27 45 28 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 46 26 47 28 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 43 26 44 26 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 44 27 44 29 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...56 LONG TERM....69 AVIATION...70
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 300 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2024 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- 237-238-240-241-313-340-341-201100- 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- 300 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday 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. 70/46/56
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The White River at Augusta experienced minor river flooding in late December with the river flooding continuing into early January at which the crest occurred in early January.
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