Alert archive / Arkansas / River Flood Warnings in 2013
River Flood Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2013, 2:57 PM CST for Yell County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 11:50 AM CST. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2013, 2:57 PM CST (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2013, 11:50 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2013, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Yell County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 Petit Jean River at Danville (DANA4). The gauge peaked at 21.57 ft at Dec 22, 2013, 9:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 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 07260500, 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 Dec 20, 11:41 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 11:41 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 11:30 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1130 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-211100- 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- 1130 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE STATE...BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY OVER WEST CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS BY MORNING. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BY TONIGHT...A STRONGER UPPER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER ARKANSAS ALONG THE STALLED FRONT AND DEVELOP MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT STARTING AT MIDNIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO WELL OVER ONE INCH. SOME SPOTS COULD SEE UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES BY AROUND SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...WHILE AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY AND AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ALONG IT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE...OR ALONG AND IN VICINITY OF A LINE FROM MENA...TO HOT SPRINGS...TO CONWAY...TO BATESVILLE. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES COULD BE SEEN IN THIS REGION. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. LESSER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE AREA...BUT 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES COULD STILL BE SEEN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TEXARKANA TO SHERIDAN TO NEWPORT LINE WHERE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER LIES. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXTENDS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A FORT SMITH TO ASH FLAT LINE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THIS SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WITH MOST PRECIPITATION ENDING BY SUNDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND LITTLE IF ANY WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. IF ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WERE TO OCCUR...THIS WILL BE PRIMARILY OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62/56
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Randolph | 16 days |
| Dec 20, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence | 5 days |
| Dec 20, 9:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 6 days |
| Dec 20, 2:36 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 17 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:59 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 30 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 29 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013
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.