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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 3, 201132 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this flash flood watch at Dec 3, 2011, 3:20 AM CST for 32 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 4, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 3, 2011, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 4, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 5, 2011, 1:31 PM CST
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: None

All 32 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 2, 11:25 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 11:25 PM CST, 3 hours 55 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
Dec 3, 9:49 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Yell	36 hr
Dec 3, 9:50 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Perry	36 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2011 Every flash flood watch in 2011

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.