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River Flood Advisory 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 2, 2009Conway County, Perry County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood advisory at Apr 2, 2009, 8:45 AM CDT for Conway County, Perry County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2009, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2009, 8:22 PM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Conway County, AR, Perry County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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 Arkansas River at Morrilton (MORA4). The gauge peaked at 21.97 ft at Apr 3, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
34 ft
Major stage
38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07260800, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 1, 2:43 PM CDT, 18 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 2:43 PM CDT, 18 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike40 min
Apr 2, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Saline22 min
Apr 2, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKFranklin, Johnson, Logan36 hr
Apr 2, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKPope, Yell36 hr
Apr 2, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKFaulkner, Perry36 hr
Apr 2, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKPulaski36 hr
Apr 2, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKJefferson, Lincoln36 hr
Apr 2, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Desha, Lincoln36 hr
Apr 2, 9:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln39 min
Apr 2, 11:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBradley, Drew2 hr
Apr 2, 11:40 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Desha, Jackson, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe and 4 more9 hr
Apr 2, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Saline41 min
Apr 2, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline49 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2009Every river flood advisory in 2009

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.