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Heavy Rain/Severe Weather on March 27-31, 2008 |
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| Flooding continued across eastern Arkansas in late
March...especially along the Black and lower White Rivers. After the
heavy rain event on the 17th through the 19th,
the weather pattern cooperated...with mostly dry weather for over a
week. This allowed tributaries across the north (i.e. the Buffalo and
upper White Rivers) to recede. However, more
heavy rain will close out March. |
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A nearly stationary front setup across southern Missouri
on the 27th. |
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The weather pattern at 12 pm CDT on 03/30/2008, with a front near the
Arkansas and Missouri border. The flow aloft was nearly parallel to the front, and
was giving the front little push. Precipitable water (water vapor contained in a vertical
column of the atmosphere) was nearly double the normal values in some areas (1.50" or more). |
| The front pushed into Arkansas on the 28th/29th, and was followed by cooler air. The front
then exited back to the north on the 30th with temperatures
going up. Scattered showers and thunderstorms surrounded the
front. |
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The satellite showed thunderstorms beginning to develop in
northern Louisiana and eastern Texas as of 1030 pm CDT on
03/29/2008. |
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| In the picture:
By 230 am CDT on 03/30/2008, the storms built into Arkansas. |
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| During the early morning hours of the 30th, some of the storms became severe in western Arkansas...with
large hail reported. Quarter size hail was noted at several locations,
including Vandervoort (Polk County), Clarksville (Johnson County) and
Social Hill (Hot Spring County). During this time frame, precipitable water values
climbed to
well above normal levels (150 to 200 percent of normal in some cases).
With a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, the potential for heavy rainfall
increased. |
| Over two inches of rain fell in portions of northern and
western Arkansas. |
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| In the picture:
Twenty four hour rainfall through 7 am CDT on 03/30/2008. "E" is
estimated precipitation. |
| Twenty four hour amounts through 7 am CDT on the 30th
included 2.53 inches at Gamaliel (Baxter County), 2.20 inches at Conway
(Faulkner County), and 2.10 inches at Lead Hill (Boone County) and
Vandervoort (Polk County). |
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On the 31st, a
storm system dragged the front back through Arkansas...with a line
of thunderstorms along the front. |
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The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed a line of strong to severe
thunderstorms from southwest Missouri into northwest Arkansas and
northeast Oklahoma at 254 pm CDT on 03/31/2008. |
| Mostly heavy rain occurred, with one to two inches of rain
common. Some spots picked up more than two inches, with flash
flooding reported (mainly toward the Missouri border). |
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| In the picture:
Twenty four hour rainfall through 7 am CDT on 04/01/2008. |
| Twenty four hour amounts through 7 am CDT on April 1st
included 2.50 inches at Eudora (Chicot County), 2.42 inches at West
Memphis (Crittenden County), 2.40 inches at Hardy (Sharp County), 2.19 inches at
Norfork Dam (Baxter County), 2.18 inches at Horatio (Sevier County) and
2.15 inches at Gilbert (Searcy County).
The rain caused quick rises along the Buffalo and Spring Rivers, with
flood stages along the latter river exceeded at Hardy (Sharp County) and
Imboden (Lawrence County). There was not much change along the Black and
White Rivers. However, the additional rain kept water levels high...with
extensive flooding continuing. |
| Rainfall
Totals (March 27 - 31, 2008)** |
| Site |
Amount
(Inches) |
| Fayetteville (NW AR) |
1.86 |
| Harrison (NC AR) |
2.12 |
| Mountain Home (NC AR) |
2.34 |
| Jonesboro (NE AR) |
2.74 |
| Fort Smith (WC AR) |
1.30 |
| Mount Ida (WC AR) |
2.91 |
| Russellville (C AR) |
3.25 |
| Hot Springs (C AR) |
2.86 |
| Little Rock (C AR) |
1.33 |
| West Memphis (EC
AR) |
3.07 |
| DeQueen (SW
AR) |
E2.53 |
| Texarkana (SW AR) |
1.94 |
| El Dorado (SC AR) |
E0.61 |
| Pine Bluff (SE AR) |
0.76 |
| Monticello (SE AR) |
1.09 |
| ** - 120 hour
totals through 7 am CDT on 04/01/2008. E - estimated precipitation. |
| There was some spotty severe weather. A 60 mph wind gust
occurred at Booneville (Logan County), with penny size hail just
southwest of Pine Bluff (Jefferson County). |
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Scattered severe storms with large hail were noted in
western
Arkansas during the early morning hours of March 30th. Isolated severe
weather and flash flooding occurred on the 31st. For a look at
some reports,
click here. |
| In the picture:
Preliminary reports of severe weather and flash flooding in the Little
Rock County Warning Area on March 30-31, 2008 (in red). |
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