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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 18, 2008Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT for Yell County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 11:25 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2008, 11:25 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 20, 2008, 4:53 AM CDT
In force: 29 hr
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 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fourche LaFave River near Gravelly (GRVA4).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07261500, 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 18, 2:57 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 2:57 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 5:00 AM CDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-191000-
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 MAR 18 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW...LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST MEXICO THIS
MORNING...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE PERIOD. DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW
WILL CONTINUE IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM TO BRING PLENTY OF GULF
MOISTURE INTO THE STATE. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THIS
SYSTEM...RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY...WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

SURFACE LOW PRESSURE PASSING TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL DRAG A
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE STATE TODAY. THE FRONT WILL ACT
AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THE HEAVY RAIN. A SECONDARY OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO FORM ON THE FRONT LATER TODAY TO INCREASE
THE RAINFALL POTENTIAL EVEN MORE. THIS LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND BE LOCATED OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE ALONG THE FRONT ITSELF AND DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER FAR SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK.

THE GREATEST CONCERN HOWEVER WILL BE FLOODING. UPWARDS OF FOUR TO
SIX INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THIS WEATHER SYSTEM
EXITS THE REGION. RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN...AS THE GROUND
REMAINS SATURATED AND THE WATER RUNS OFF.

EVERYONE IS URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND FORECAST FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. IN PARTICULAR...
PERSONS SHOULD REVIEW SAFETY RULES FOR FLASH FLOODS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED WELL EAST
OF THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE UPPER LEVEL PART OF THE
STORM WILL BE LOCATED OVER WESTERN ARKNASAS WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROF
WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY AND BE LOCATED OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY BY THE END OF THE DAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY AS THE STORM MOVES OUT.
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHEAST PART
OF THE AREA WITH CONSIDERABLY LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE WEST.

THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WILL BE DRY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUNDAY
WHEN A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE
NATURAL STATE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 1:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 2:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 3:07 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 3:24 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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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 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	56 min
Mar 17, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	45 min
Mar 17, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Yell	39 min
Mar 17, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	45 min
Mar 17, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton, Pope, Searcy	51 min
Mar 18, 9:00 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 26 more	15 hr
Mar 18, 9:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	9 hr
Mar 18, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	40 days
Mar 18, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	3 days
Mar 18, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	65 hr
Mar 18, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone	35 min
Mar 18, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	8 days
Mar 18, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	63 hr
Mar 18, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	4 days
Mar 18, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	3 days
Mar 18, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	35 days
Mar 18, 10:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	5 days
Mar 18, 10:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	40 days
Mar 18, 10:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	6 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Yell	20 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	20 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Conway, Perry	20 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	20 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Pulaski	20 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	20 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Franklin	20 hr
Mar 18, 11:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	6 hr
Mar 18, 11:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Newton	6 hr
Mar 18, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan	46 min
Mar 18, 11:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	6 hr
Mar 18, 12:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Boone	6 hr
Mar 18, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	48 min
Mar 18, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope, Van Buren	40 min
Mar 18, 1:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	39 min
Mar 18, 1:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Polk	6 hr
Mar 18, 1:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Van Buren, Yell	6 hr
Mar 18, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Yell	39 min
Mar 18, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Montgomery, Perry and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 18, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	3 days
Mar 18, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	5 days
Mar 18, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	6 days
Mar 18, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	5 days
Mar 18, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Franklin	25 hr
Mar 18, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	52 min
Mar 18, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	48 min
Mar 18, 4:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Newton and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 18, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	48 min
Mar 18, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, White	24 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2008 Every 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.