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River Flood Warning 85, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 4, 2011Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 4, 2011, 7:51 AM CST for Randolph County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 6, 2011, 3:25 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2011, 7:51 AM CST (13:51 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 6, 2011, 3:25 AM CST
Expired: Dec 10, 2011, 9:15 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

County Randolph County, AR

The river

Written for the forecast point Black River at Pocahontas (POCA4). The gauge peaked at 17.94 ft at Dec 7, 2011, 10:00 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 Dec 4, 5:58 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 5:58 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 5:00 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-051100-
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-
500 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS
MORNING AND STALL IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF
THE STATE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
ARKANSAS THROUGH MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
MONDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING EAST MONDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE
QUITE SATURATED ACROSS MOST AREAS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FLASH FLOODING.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY.
HOWEVER...NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

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

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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, 7:40 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	5 days
Dec 3, 7:43 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	26 hr
Dec 4, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	18 days
Dec 4, 8:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	White	53 hr
Dec 4, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Saline	35 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.