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River Flood Warning 113, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 29, 2009Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Oct 29, 2009, 9:59 PM CDT for Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 31, 2009, 5:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2009, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2009, 5:12 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 7, 2009, 8:02 AM CST
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River at Newport (NPTA4). The gauge peaked at 28.98 ft at Nov 2, 2009, 7:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 21.5 ft
Minor stage: 26 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 07074500, 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, 6:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 6:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 3:32 PM CDT, 6 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
332 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301000-
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-
332 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND OVERSPREAD
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY TOWARDS
ARKANSAS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. INITIALLY...THE ACTIVITY WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 9 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. DAMAGING WINDS
AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS.

BY TONIGHT...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN LIFTING TO THE NORTH
OF ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWARD FROM THE
LOW...WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY
INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT. A LINE OF STORMS IS
FORECAST TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD TONIGHT.

SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN
PART OF THE STATE TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS. WITH THE GROUND WELL SATURATED...IT WILL
NOT TAKE MUCH WIND TO BRING DOWN TREES. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE
RULED OUT AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE WORKING ACROSS THE
EASTERN PART OF ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PERSISTING. ELSEHWERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL LINGER FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY BEHIND THE FRONT.

ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS. RAINFALL TOTALS
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES...WITH PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS POSSIBLY SEEING
UPWARDS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL DEPART TO THE EAST OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW...BRINGING SOME MUCH NEEDED DRIER
CONDITIONS TO THE MID SOUTH FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND THE FIRST
HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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, Oct 29, 3:59 PM CDT, 6 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
359 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST CAMDEN             33.61N 92.74W
10/29/2009                   OUACHITA           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE CAMPUS OF SOUTH ARKANSAS
            TECH.

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 5:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
556 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0502 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PRAGUE                  34.28N 92.28W
10/29/2009                   GRANT              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN ON HWY 270.

&&

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
629 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     Y CITY                  34.73N 94.08W
10/29/2009                   SCOTT              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN Y CITY

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WALDRON                 34.90N 94.09W
10/29/2009                   SCOTT              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN TOWN.

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 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, 7:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas and 22 more	6 hr
Oct 29, 8:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lonoke and 6 more	10 hr
Oct 29, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clay	14 hr
Oct 29, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas	42 min
Oct 29, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	51 min
Oct 29, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew and 6 more	7 hr
Oct 29, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie	47 min
Oct 30, 12:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln, Monroe	6 hr
Oct 30, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	52 min
Oct 30, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas and 13 more	5 hr
Oct 30, 6:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 29 more	12 hr
Oct 30, 7:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Franklin	7 hr
Oct 30, 12:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	9 hr

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.