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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Little Rock, AR

September 1, 2012Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Sep 1, 2012, 2:31 PM CDT for Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2012, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2012, 10:33 AM CDT
In force
17 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 19:32 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). The gauge peaked at 9.94 ft at Sep 6, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT.

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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 Sep 1, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1205 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000-
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-
1205 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISAAC ARE NOW OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI.
HOWEVER...TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE...AND
AS ISAAC CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS MISSOURI...ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ARKANSAS.

THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAINFALL AND ANY POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE ACROSS NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES
WILL BE GREATEST ALONG A LINE FROM JONESBORO...TO NEWPORT...TO
LITTLE ROCK AND CONWAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
BE POSSIBLE...AS STRONG WIND ENERGY REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO
THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISAAC.

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
STATE TO THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
THUNDERSTORMS WOULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN
AREAS THAT SAW THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PAST 2 DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW
NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...MOISTURE LEVELS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS AS A RESULT OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO WARM BACK INTO THE MID AND EVEN SOME UPPER 90S
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...HEAT
INDICES COULD RISE TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES SUNDAY...MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY AREAS NORTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK.

&&

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln28 min
Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner29 min
Sep 1, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, White36 min
Sep 1, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, White30 min
Sep 1, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson14 min
Sep 1, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite30 min
Sep 1, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff33 min
Sep 1, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner24 min
Sep 1, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff38 min
Sep 1, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson34 min
Sep 1, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Saline39 min
Sep 1, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline47 min
Sep 1, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWoodruff39 min
Sep 1, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White52 min
Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff45 min
Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring45 min
Sep 1, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline41 min
Sep 1, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery48 min
Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Pulaski, Saline43 min
Sep 1, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff33 min
Sep 1, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski46 min
Sep 1, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline44 min
Sep 1, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff39 min
Sep 1, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline34 min
Sep 1, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff3 hr
Sep 1, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln50 min
Sep 1, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Jefferson3 hr

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.