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River Flood Warning 79, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 22, 2011Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Nov 22, 2011, 9:44 AM CST for Randolph County, Arkansas. It took effect at Nov 24, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 2011, 9:44 AM CST (15:44 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 24, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
Expired: Nov 24, 2011, 9:05 AM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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 Black River at Pocahontas (POCA4). The gauge peaked at 14.36 ft at Nov 23, 2011, 9:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07069000, 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 22, 6:53 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 6:53 AM CST, 2 hours 51 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, 1:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	30 hr
Nov 22, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Logan, Perry, Pope and 5 more	2 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

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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.