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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 10, 2009Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 10, 2009, 9:05 AM CDT for Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 11, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2009, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 11, 2009, 9:03 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Missouri River (AR) near Boughton (BHTA4).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07361600, 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 May 9, 2:07 PM CDT, 18 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:07 PM CDT, 18 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 2:30 PM CDT, 18 hours 35 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
May 9, 7:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	12 hr
May 10, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike	50 min
May 10, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	43 min
May 10, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	45 min
May 10, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	45 min
May 10, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	45 min
May 10, 5:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita and 1 more	4 hr
May 10, 5:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LZK	Garland, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	2 hr
May 10, 7:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LZK	Garland, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	108 min
May 10, 9:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	24 hr
May 10, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence, Jackson	36 hr
May 10, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	6 hr
May 10, 4:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	3 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.