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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 12, 2008Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2008, 9:57 AM CST for Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 12, 2008, 7:34 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2008, 9:57 AM CST (15:57 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2008, 7:34 PM CST
Expired
Feb 13, 2008, 9:41 PM CST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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 Black Rock (BKRA4). The gauge peaked at 14.90 ft at Feb 13, 2008, 12:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07072500, 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 Feb 12, 5:53 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 5:53 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 6:10 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 6:45 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp2 hr
Feb 11, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Pope, Yell30 min
Feb 11, 8:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell38 min
Feb 11, 9:00 PM CSTIce Storm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Sharp9 hr
Feb 11, 9:00 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, Stone9 hr
Feb 11, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk49 min
Feb 11, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone23 min
Feb 11, 9:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell47 min
Feb 11, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren40 min
Feb 11, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Saline47 min
Feb 11, 10:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope44 min
Feb 11, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Stone49 min
Feb 11, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway41 min
Feb 11, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard41 min
Feb 11, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott, Yell48 min
Feb 11, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk29 min
Feb 11, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope26 min
Feb 11, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Van Buren54 min
Feb 11, 11:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk52 min
Feb 12, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren43 min
Feb 12, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne41 min
Feb 12, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln23 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.