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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2008, 8:45 AM CST for Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2008, 6:24 AM CST. It was in force for 9 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2008, 8:45 AM CST (14:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2008, 6:24 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2008, 6:55 AM CST
- In force
- 9 days
- 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 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Black River at Black Rock (BKRA4). The gauge peaked at 16.49 ft at Feb 23, 2008, 4:00 AM CST.
- 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 17, 5:30 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 5:30 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 17, 3:08 AM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 308 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ARZ012-171015- NEWTON- 308 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM CST... AT 300 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF SAINT PAUL TO CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. 46
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 3:33 AM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 333 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ARZ003-004-013-171030- BOONE-MARION-SEARCY- 333 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BOONE...MARION AND SEARCY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CST... AT 330 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM EUREKA SPRINGS TO 7 MILES WEST OF JASPER TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LURTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. 46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 16, 8:20 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | White, Woodruff | 69 min |
| Feb 16, 9:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 14 days |
| Feb 17, 4:28 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Faulkner, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 49 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:23 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Saline | 30 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 5 days |
| Feb 17, 8:19 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Clark, Nevada, Ouachita | 12 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 21 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:19 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Perry | 9 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.