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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 4, 2011Saline County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 4, 2011, 8:07 PM CST for Saline County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 5, 2011, 2:40 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2011, 8:07 PM CST (02:07 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2011, 2:40 PM CST
Expired: Dec 6, 2011, 9:44 AM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

County Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 Saline River at Benton (BTNA4). The gauge peaked at 18.69 ft at Dec 5, 2011, 7:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07363000, 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, 5:41 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 5:41 PM CST, 2 hours 26 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
Dec 4, 9:51 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Perry	14 hr
Dec 5, 7:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	3 days
Dec 5, 8:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LZK	Baxter, Marion	4 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.