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River Flood Warning 63, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 24, 2011Perry County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2011, 4:21 PM CDT for Perry County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 25, 2011, 10:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2011, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2011, 10:45 AM CDT
Expired
May 26, 2011, 2:54 PM CDT
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity
Minor

County Perry County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Fourche LaFave River near Houston (HUSA4).

Action stage
24.5 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07263115, 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 23, 6:55 PM CDT, 21 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:55 PM CDT, 21 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Montgomery, Pope, Scott, Yell63 min
May 23, 10:08 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKWhite36 hr
May 23, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope and 3 more38 min
May 23, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott40 min
May 23, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Saline, Van Buren44 min
May 23, 11:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell3 hr
May 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Saline45 min
May 23, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pope and 4 more42 min
May 24, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke and 3 more47 min
May 24, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson44 min
May 24, 8:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKHot Spring71 min
May 24, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKFranklin, Johnson, Logan36 hr
May 24, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKConway, Perry36 hr
May 24, 8:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKYell36 hr
May 24, 11:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Marion6 hr

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.