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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 20, 2012Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2012, 10:13 AM CDT for Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 21, 2012, 2:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2012, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 21, 2012, 2:52 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2012, 10:08 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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 Missouri River (AR) near Boughton (BHTA4).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07361600, 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 Mar 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211000-
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 CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PARTS
OF WESTERN TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY
DRIFTS EAST. THE MAIN THREATS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO BUT THE
OVERALL THREAT IS LOW. THE GREATER THREAT TODAY WILL BE HEAVY
RAIN WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY...AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
ARKANSAS LATER TODAY. ALSO A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF THE STATE.

FLASH FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO BE A CONCERN THROUGH THE DAY AND
TONIGHT...AS MORE AND MORE RAIN FALLS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS. RAIN AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. RESIDENTS ACROSS ARKANSAS
SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE SLOW MOVING STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...AND CONTINUE TO BRING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN. DUE TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF
RAIN...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND SOME RIVER
FLOODING. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IF THE WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVES EVEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...
SOME TOTALS IN THE WEST COULD EASILY EXCEED 8 INCHES. THESE HIGH
RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BRING FLASH FLOODING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
HIGH WATER RESCUES AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. RIVER FLOODING
WOULD ALSO RESULT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WATCHES MAY
HAVE TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT TIME IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY DUE TO THE IMPACT OF POSSIBLE FLOODING RAINS.

THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OUT OF ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY
WITH THE RAIN BECOMING MUCH LIGHTER AND ENDING. DRY WEATHER IS
FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY DUE TO THE SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS...AND IF FLASH FLOODING BECOMES LIFE THREATENING
ACROSS THE STATE.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://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
Mar 19, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	44 min
Mar 20, 9:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	4 days
Mar 20, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	7 days
Mar 20, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Franklin	24 hr
Mar 20, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	54 hr
Mar 20, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	12 days
Mar 20, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Union	23 days
Mar 20, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	47 hr
Mar 20, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	24 hr
Mar 20, 10:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	66 hr
Mar 20, 10:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	4 days
Mar 20, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant, Saline	32 min
Mar 20, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	46 min
Mar 20, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Saline	38 min
Mar 20, 3:40 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	36 hr
Mar 20, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Van Buren	36 min
Mar 20, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	25 min
Mar 20, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	47 min
Mar 20, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Stone, Van Buren	44 min
Mar 20, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	51 min
Mar 20, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	41 min
Mar 20, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	51 min
Mar 20, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren	31 min
Mar 20, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Izard, Stone, Van Buren	38 min
Mar 20, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	36 min
Mar 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	38 min
Mar 20, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone	19 min
Mar 20, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	28 min
Mar 20, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Lonoke, Prairie, White	33 min
Mar 20, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard	28 min

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.