Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in Arkansas in early February 2024.
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Heavy rain brought flooding to several rivers in Arkansas in early February 2024.
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 Jan 31, 11:40 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1140 PM CST Wed Jan 31 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Friday) Issued at 149 PM CST Wed Jan 31 2024 CURRENTLY: As of 1 PM CST, mostly sunny skies and cooler temperatures have highlighted the current weather across the state. These weather conditions can be attributed to two separate weather features: First, the dry cold front that moved across the state on Tuesday with a colder and drier airmass being left behind the boundary as it moved across the Natural State in it's wake. Second, the surface high pressure which has meandered across the state all day leading to the light and variable winds throughout the day which has led to southerly flow not being pronounced enough across the CWA. WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY: The sfc high pressure will move into the Deep South region of the CONUS. In turn, southerly flow will return across Arkansas with temperatures rebounding from values that were achieved on Wednesday. Expect partly cloudy skies to return to the state with both morning low and afternoon high temperatures remaining above climatological normals for early February by 5 to 10 degrees. FRIDAY: In the upper lvls, a closed low pressure center will approach the state. In tandem with a sfc low pressure center and attendant cold front will be on approach to the state during the day on Friday. In response across Arkansas, southerly winds will become pronounced and usher in a warmer and moisture-rich airmass. Expect increasing cloudiness during the day on Friday with a few peeks of sunshine throughout the day. Temperatures with respect to both low morning temperatures and afternoon high temperatures will continue to uptick given the presence of continued southerly flow to values 10 to 15 degrees warmer than climatological normals for this time of the year. Rain and isolated thunderstorm chances will begin to enter the picture late Friday evening to early Saturday morning increasing from west to east across the CWA. && .LONG TERM... (Friday Night through next Wednesday) Issued at 149 PM CST Wed Jan 31 2024 An upper trough and Low will move across the southern states, moving from near the border of NM/TX Saturday to the northern GoM by Monday. An upper ridge will build across much of the CONUS through the first half of next week. The surface Low will follow roughly the same path as the upper Low, moving from just NW of the TX panhandle late Friday towards the southeast, moving across the Gulf coast states by late Sunday, and across FL by late Monday. A swath of rainfall will set up (roughly N-S) across NE, KS, OK, and east TX, ahead of the advancing cold front, early Saturday. Through Saturday, the N-S-oriented front (and swath of rainfall) will become more NW- SE-oriented across KS, OK, AR, MS, AL. This setup will continue through late Sunday, bringing rainfall to the state through the weekend. Forecast rainfall ranges from around one-half inch over northern AR to nearly two inches over portions of southwest and southeast AR. The threat for flash flooding remains low at this time, as river stages have been dropping and this rainfall looks to be spread over a two day period. High temperatures through the middle of next week will be in the 50s to lower 60s. Low temperatures through the weekend will be in the 40s. By early next week, as the Low moves SE of the state, flow will shift to come out of the north and begin to bring cooler air to the state. By Monday morning, northern portions of AR will start seeing temperatures dip into the upper 30s. Through the middle of the week, low temperatures across the state will be in the lower to mid 30s. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1134 PM CST Wed Jan 31 2024 VFR conds wl continue acrs the area thru the PD, High clouds wl incrs over the FA thru the overnight hrs and Thu. Light winds thru daybreak, becoming mainly south at 5 to 10 mph, with some higher gusts Thu aftn acrs parts of NW AR. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...74 LONG TERM....71 AVIATION...44
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 159 PM CST Wed Jan 31 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- 237-238-240-241-313-340-341-012200- 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- 159 PM CST Wed Jan 31 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...Thursday through Tuesday 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. 74/71
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the Ouachita River at Thatcher Lock and Dam.
Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the Ouachita River at Camden.
Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the Black River at Black Rock.
Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the Cache River at Patterson.
Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the White River at Augusta.
Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the White River at Clarendon.
Heavy rain in January brought continued flooding into early February 2024 on the White River at Des Arc.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, February 2024
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: 1160508, 1160510, 1160512, 1160513, 1160514, 1160516, 1160515.