Alert archive / Arkansas / River Flood Warnings in 2012
River Flood Warning 23, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2012, 10:17 AM CDT for Saline County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 21, 2012, 9:56 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2012, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2012, 9:56 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 9:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Saline County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 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 Saline River at Benton (BTNA4). The gauge peaked at 19.49 ft at Mar 21, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT.
- 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 Mar 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 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. 59
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, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Nevada, Ouachita | 24 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 |
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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.