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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 22, 2011Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Nov 22, 2011, 1:18 AM CST for Yell County, Arkansas. It took effect at Nov 22, 2011, 3:12 AM CST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 2011, 1:18 AM CST (07:18 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 22, 2011, 3:12 AM CST
Expired: Nov 23, 2011, 6:53 AM CST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

County Yell County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fourche LaFave River near Gravelly (GRVA4). The gauge peaked at 29.28 ft at Nov 22, 2011, 1:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07261500, 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 Nov 21, 11:52 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 11:52 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 21, 7:00 PM CST, 6 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
700 PM CST MON NOV 21 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
700 PM CST MON NOV 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY
EVENING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF
FLOODING POSSIBLE. DUE TO EARLIER DAY RAINS AND MONDAY EVENING
RAIN...SOME RIVER FLOODING IS BECOMING A CONCERN. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN REDEVELOP OVER MOST OF
ARKANSAS...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED AND SOME UPPER
LEVEL ENERGY MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. TONIGHT MOST OF THE WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE STATE.
BOTH FLASH FLOODING AND SOME INCREASED THREAT OF RIVER FLOODING WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...THE
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OF GREATEST CONCERN. MONDAY
NIGHT ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND WITH
ISOLATED AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE STATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDAY HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH A
STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT FINALLY SWEEPING THROUGH THE STATE AND
TAKING THE RAIN WITH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ONE TO ONE AND A
HALF INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MAINLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF
THE STATE TUESDAY.

THE THREAT FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO PERSIST TUESDAY AS
ENOUGH INSTABILITY COULD EXIST ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...GENERALLY OVER
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. IT MUST BE NOTED THAT POTENTIAL
CLOUD COVER COULD LIMIT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED. ANOTHER STRONG STORM
SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TWO
THROUGH DAY SEVEN PERIOD AS RIVERS REACT TO ALL OF THE RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY IF THE SEVERE STORMS DO
MATERIALIZE.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

51/63/59

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 22, 12:00 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 22, 12:10 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 12:25 AM CST, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 12:34 AM CST, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 22, 12:48 AM CST, 30 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
Nov 21, 6:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	28 min
Nov 21, 6:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	3 hr
Nov 21, 7:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Newton and 7 more	3 hr
Nov 21, 8:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Nov 21, 8:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	25 min
Nov 21, 8:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	33 min
Nov 21, 9:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	26 min
Nov 21, 9:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Saline and 2 more	3 hr
Nov 21, 9:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Scott	25 min
Nov 21, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pike	22 min
Nov 21, 9:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	34 min
Nov 21, 10:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Yell	25 min
Nov 21, 10:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Newton and 7 more	3 hr
Nov 21, 11:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Montgomery, Pike, Polk	35 min
Nov 21, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline	24 min
Nov 21, 11:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	35 min
Nov 22, 12:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	45 min
Nov 22, 12:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Saline and 2 more	4 hr
Nov 22, 12:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	57 min
Nov 22, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Logan, Perry, Pope and 5 more	2 hr
Nov 22, 9:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	47 hr
Nov 22, 9:48 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	23 hr
Nov 22, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	72 hr
Nov 22, 11:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	6 days
Nov 22, 11:06 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence, Jackson	71 hr
Nov 22, 11:07 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2011 Every 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.