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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Sep 2, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT for Yell County, Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 3, 2008, 10:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 3, 2008, 10:31 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2008, 7:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Yell County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Petit Jean River at Danville (DANA4). The gauge peaked at 26.76 ft at Sep 4, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07260500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Sep 2, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 5:00 AM CDT, 14 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 500 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY...AND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH OF A WALDRON...TO HOT SPRINGS...TO MONTICELLO LINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. ALSO...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS THERE WILL BE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT. AREAS SOUTH OF A FORT SMITH TO SEARCY LINE ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. WITH THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TODAY OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. AS SUCH...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE INTO WEDNESDAY...AS THE AREA OF RAINFALL MOVES TO THE NORTH AND EAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE STATE...INCLUDING AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO STUTTGART. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS WILL BE TWO TO FIVE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS COULD RECEIVE MORE THAN EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM. RIVERS...SMALL STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THIS AREA COULD SEE RAPID RISES DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...AS THE STATE WILL REMAIN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEM. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE STATE FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV AWAY FROM ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH THE TROPICAL MOISTURE...AND MAY PROLONG THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE STATE THROUGH THURSDAY. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...INCLUDING WATCHES AND WARNINGS...FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REGARDING THIS FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 3:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 324 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ARZ016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-030300- ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS- DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON- JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OUACHITA- PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 324 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS CAUSING SOME TREES TO FALL... NOW THAT THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN MOST OF THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS...THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF GUSTAV ARE BRINGING SOME TREES DOWN. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE... AND THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. EVEN SO...WITH THE SOGGY GROUND...TREES ARE BEING BROUGHT DOWN IN SOME AREAS. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN DREW COUNTY REPORTED THAT MANY TREES HAVE BEEN FELLED. C AND L ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE HAS REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH TREES BRINGING DOWN POWER LINES IN THEIR SERVICE AREA...WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF GRANT...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...DESHA...DREW AND BRADLEY COUNTIES. AGAIN...THESE WINDS ARE BEING CAUSED BY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV...NOT THUNDERSTORMS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TONIGHT...SO MORE FALLEN TREES AND POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR LIMBS AND TREES ON SOME ROADWAYS. 28
Local storm report, Sep 2, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
537 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 W LOCUST BAYOU 33.55N 92.70W
09/02/2008 M2.90 INCH CALHOUN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR THE CALHOUN/OUACHITA COUNTY LINE.
0330 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 N TINSMAN 33.73N 92.35W
09/02/2008 CALHOUN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 274 BETWEEN
TINSMAN AND FORDYCE.
0330 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 N LOCUST BAYOU 33.64N 92.67W
09/02/2008 CALHOUN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON SOME OF THE HIGHWAYS AROUND THE
HIGHLAND INDUSTRIAL PARK.
0455 PM FLASH FLOOD PEARCY 34.43N 93.28W
09/02/2008 GARLAND AR TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER AMITY ROAD.
0455 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG PEARCY 34.43N 93.28W
09/02/2008 GARLAND AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND THERE WERE POWER OUTAGES.
&&
28Special weather statement, Sep 2, 5:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 552 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ARZ016-025-022350- INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON- 552 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INDEPENDENCE AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 650 PM CDT... AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLEASANT PLAINS TO JACKSONPORT TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF GRUBBS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE NEWPORT...NEWARK...MAGNESS... DIAZ...CAMPBELL STATION...TUCKERMAN...SULPHUR ROCK AND MOOREFIELD. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECTED REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 57
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Marion, Stone | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 71 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 14 days |
| Sep 2, 9:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Union | 24 days |
| Sep 2, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 60 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Saline | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 21 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 8 days |
| Sep 3, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 36 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 36 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Prairie | 36 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 36 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Lonoke, Newton and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 6 days |
| Sep 3, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Lonoke and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew | 8 days |
| Sep 3, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone, Van Buren, White | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Jefferson and 6 more | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.