Alert archive / Arkansas / River Flood Warnings in 2011
River Flood Warning 87, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 4, 2011, 8:27 AM CST for White County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 5, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 4, 2011, 8:27 AM CST (14:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2011, 1:44 PM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Flood severity
- Minor
County White County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 Little Red River at Judsonia (JUDA4). The gauge peaked at 31.58 ft at Dec 6, 2011, 12:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 29 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 33 ft
- Major stage
- 36 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07076634, 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, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 5:58 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 5:00 AM CST, 3 hours 27 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. 51
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 | Randolph | 6 days |
| Dec 4, 7:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence | 18 days |
| Dec 4, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Saline | 35 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.