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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 24, 2011Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2011, 10:10 AM CST for Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 105 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2011, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jun 12, 2011, 9:40 AM CDT
In force
105 days
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jackson County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cache River at Patterson (PTTA4). The gauge peaked at 12.87 ft at May 5, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07077500, 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 24, 5:58 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 5:58 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:45 AM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 4:23 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 4:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFulton, Izard, Sharp57 min
Feb 24, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more49 min
Feb 24, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline53 min
Feb 24, 3:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone and 1 more3 hr
Feb 24, 3:54 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline36 min
Feb 24, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke and 2 more40 min
Feb 24, 4:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Van Buren, White49 min
Feb 24, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff38 min
Feb 24, 4:38 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski, Saline37 min
Feb 24, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more49 min
Feb 24, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie30 min
Feb 24, 5:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White38 min
Feb 24, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff49 min
Feb 24, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2011Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.