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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 29, 2009Saline County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Oct 29, 2009, 9:27 AM CDT for Saline County, Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 30, 2009, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2009, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 30, 2009, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 31, 2009, 8:52 AM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

County Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Saline River at Benton (BTNA4). The gauge peaked at 20.74 ft at Oct 30, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07363000, 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 Oct 29, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 29, 3:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 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
Oct 29, 8:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	5 days
Oct 29, 9:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	49 hr
Oct 29, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	8 days
Oct 29, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	16 days
Oct 29, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	48 hr
Oct 29, 10:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	69 hr
Oct 29, 10:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	66 hr
Oct 29, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	66 hr
Oct 29, 11:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	21 days
Oct 29, 11:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie	21 days
Oct 29, 11:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White	65 hr
Oct 29, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	37 min
Oct 29, 2:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	3 days
Oct 29, 3:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	50 min
Oct 29, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jefferson	45 min
Oct 29, 3:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Ouachita	38 min
Oct 29, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	45 min
Oct 29, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	42 min
Oct 29, 5:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring and 2 more	4 hr
Oct 29, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Scott, Yell	49 min
Oct 29, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline	51 min
Oct 29, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	52 min
Oct 29, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Ouachita	45 min
Oct 29, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	26 min
Oct 29, 6:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	3 hr
Oct 29, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope	41 min
Oct 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Polk, Scott, Yell	45 min
Oct 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	45 min
Oct 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	40 min
Oct 29, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	37 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009 Every river flood warning 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.