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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 23, 2012Faulkner County, Perry County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2012, 7:19 AM CDT for Faulkner County, Perry County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2012, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2012, 8:58 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Faulkner County, AR, Perry County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Toad Suck Lock and Dam (TODA4).

Action stage: 273 ft
Minor stage: 275 ft
Moderate stage: 278 ft
Major stage: 280 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07261260, 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 23, 6:33 AM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:33 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 4:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 4:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 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
Mar 22, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	45 min
Mar 22, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	43 min
Mar 22, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	36 min
Mar 22, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Saline	44 min
Mar 22, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	43 min
Mar 22, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark	44 min
Mar 22, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline	43 min
Mar 22, 10:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell	3 hr
Mar 22, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	52 min
Mar 22, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline	59 min
Mar 23, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	31 min
Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	48 hr
Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2012 Every river flood warning in 2012

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.