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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 8, 2012Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2012, 6:26 AM CDT for Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 8, 2012, 6:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2012, 6:26 AM CDT (11:26 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2012, 6:51 AM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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 Cache River at Patterson (PTTA4).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07077500, 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 May 8, 3:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091000-
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 MAY 8 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SAG SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT
AND EVENTUALLY REACH NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA STATE LINE.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. THE OVERALL THREAT OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW...AND ONLY AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

DRY CONDITIONS ARE MAINLY EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE
NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE STATE AND DRIFTS INTO THE AREA. AT THIS
TIME THE THREAT OF ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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
May 7, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	25 min
May 7, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas	42 min
May 7, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lincoln	45 min
May 7, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	45 min
May 7, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	45 min
May 7, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lonoke	16 min
May 7, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln	41 min
May 7, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Drew, Lincoln	45 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.