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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 11, 2009Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2009, 10:10 AM CST for Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 4:04 PM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2009, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2009, 4:04 PM CST
Expired: Feb 19, 2009, 1:39 PM CST
In force: 8 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 16:14 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 19.11 ft at Feb 12, 2009, 8:00 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 11, 5:46 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 5:46 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 5:00 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 11, 4:24 AM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 6:07 AM CST, 4 hours 3 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
Feb 10, 11:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	42 min
Feb 10, 11:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	57 min
Feb 10, 11:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Izard, Stone, Van Buren	55 min
Feb 10, 11:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Searcy	67 min
Feb 10, 11:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Izard, Stone, Van Buren	48 min
Feb 11, 12:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Izard, Sharp	37 min
Feb 11, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope	44 min
Feb 11, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope	45 min
Feb 11, 1:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	45 min
Feb 11, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	36 min
Feb 11, 1:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Izard, Stone, Van Buren and 1 more	46 min
Feb 11, 2:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	33 min
Feb 11, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Sharp, White, Woodruff	44 min
Feb 11, 4:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	36 min
Feb 11, 8:15 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	82 min
Feb 11, 10:36 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Randolph	20 hr
Feb 11, 10:36 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	20 hr
Feb 11, 10:36 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Randolph	44 hr
Feb 11, 10:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	20 days
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence, Jackson	20 hr
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	20 hr
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie	20 hr
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	20 hr
Feb 11, 3:40 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	15 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.