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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 3, 2008Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 9:06 AM CST for Randolph County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 9:06 AM CST (15:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 12, 2008, 6:51 AM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Black River at Pocahontas (POCA4). The gauge peaked at 18.42 ft at Mar 8, 2008, 10:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07069000, 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 Mar 3, 5:30 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 5:30 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 3:06 AM CST, 6 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
306 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

ARZ003>005-012-013-021-022-031005-
BAXTER-BOONE-JOHNSON-MARION-NEWTON-POPE-SEARCY-
306 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BAXTER...BOONE...JOHNSON...MARION...
NEWTON...POPE AND SEARCY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CST...

AT 302 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM JOHNSON TO MARION COUNTIES.
THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER
THE COUNTIES IN THE ONE TO TWO HOURS.

THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING
AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN BAXTER...BOONE...JOHNSON...MARION...NEWTON...POPE AND
SEARCY COUNTIES...INCLUDING SAINT JOE...YELLVILLE AND FLIPPIN...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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Special weather statement, Mar 3, 3:58 AM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
358 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

ARZ005-006-013>015-021>023-031100-
BAXTER-FULTON-IZARD-JOHNSON-POPE-SEARCY-STONE-VAN BUREN-
358 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BAXTER...FULTON...IZARD...JOHNSON...
POPE...SEARCY...STONE AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CST...

AT 354 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FROM JOHNSON TO FULTON COUNTIES.
THE AREA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER
THE COUNTIES IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING
AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN BAXTER...FULTON...IZARD...JOHNSON...POPE...SEARCY...STONE
AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES...INCLUDING MARSHALL...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 2:51 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	31 hr
Mar 3, 3:54 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland and 6 more	31 hr
Mar 3, 3:54 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 17 more	32 hr
Mar 3, 4:12 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan	2 hr
Mar 3, 8:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Scott, Searcy and 2 more	4 hr
Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Franklin	5 hr
Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Searcy	5 hr
Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Izard, Stone	5 hr
Mar 3, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence	5 hr
Mar 3, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	43 min
Mar 3, 9:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	73 days
Mar 3, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	140 days
Mar 3, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	70 days
Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence, Jackson	4 hr
Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	4 hr
Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie	4 hr
Mar 3, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	4 hr
Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Pope, Yell	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Conway, Perry	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Pulaski	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	6 days
Mar 3, 12:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Lonoke, Perry, Pope and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 3, 12:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton, Perry and 5 more	5 hr
Mar 3, 1:15 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	5 days
Mar 3, 2:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	18 hr
Mar 3, 2:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	18 hr
Mar 3, 2:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	41 hr
Mar 3, 4:13 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Saline	15 hr
Mar 3, 4:39 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	83 days
Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence, Jackson	14 hr
Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	14 hr
Mar 3, 4:50 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie	14 hr
Mar 3, 4:55 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	21 hr
Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	14 hr
Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	38 hr
Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	14 hr
Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	14 hr
Mar 3, 5:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	15 hr

Nearby

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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.