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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 13, 2013Independence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2013, 4:01 AM CST for Independence County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 13, 2013, 4:28 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2013, 4:01 AM CST (10:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2013, 4:28 AM CST
Expired: Jan 13, 2013, 7:29 PM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Flood severity: Minor

County Independence County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River at Batesville (BAGA4). The gauge peaked at 15.45 ft at Jan 13, 2013, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07061000, 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 Jan 13, 3:28 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:28 AM CST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 2:40 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 13, 12:01 AM CST, 4 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 12:13 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 1:11 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
111 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

ARZ047-057-130755-
ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-
111 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CST...

AT 109 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE WITT...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF STUTTGART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. CHARLES...        PALMER...             DE WITT...
  ALMYRA...             RAGTOWN...            PINE CITY...
  LAWRENCEVILLE...      CROCKETTS BLUFF...    BLACKTON...
  VOSS LAKE...          VAN...                STINKING BAY...
  SOUTHERN LAKE...      SIMPSON LAKE...       SHOOK RESERVOIR...
  SANDY BAYOU...        OLENA...              MT ADAMS...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3446 9100 3423 9135 3436 9149 3471 9105
      3448 9105 3448 9101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 228DEG 54KT 3435 9133

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 1:45 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
145 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

ARZ064-068-069-130815-
BRADLEY AR-DREW AR-LINCOLN AR-
145 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN...DREW AND
NORTHEASTERN BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CST...

AT 142 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
WARREN TO NEAR LONGVIEW TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSETT...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARREN...             MONTICELLO...         WILMAR...
  WARRENTON...          SCIPIO...             PLANTERSVILLE...
  LONGVIEW...           LAKE MONTICELLO...    LADELLE...
  GREEN HILL...         BRANDON...            VALLEY...
  TYRO...               SUMPTER...            ROSE HILL...
  PLEASANT GROVE...     MONTONGO...           LACEY...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS
WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN!

LAT...LON 3336 9204 3359 9216 3389 9169 3366 9158
      3339 9158 3339 9197 3335 9196 3334 9198
      3331 9197 3328 9201 3328 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 231DEG 48KT 3356 9202 3342 9195
          3311 9196

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 2:15 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
215 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

ARZ065-069-130845-
DESHA AR-DREW AR-
215 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DREW AND SOUTHERN
DESHA COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CST...

AT 212 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DERMOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 65 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROHWER...             MCGEHEE...            MASONVILLE...
  LUCCA LANDING...      KELSO...              JERSEY POINT...
  ARKANSAS CITY...      MCARTHUR...           JEROME...
  COLLINS...            WHITE RIVER LNDG...   WARGO LANDING...
  TUPELO BRAKE...       TRIPPE JUNCTION...    TOWNSEND LAKE...
  SWAN DEER LAKE...     POTHOLE LAKE...       PELICAN LAKE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3403 9088 3402 9098 3397 9096 3387 9106
      3378 9098 3378 9114 3372 9114 3371 9113
      3371 9111 3369 9103 3365 9108 3370 9120
      3362 9113 3351 9129 3356 9144 3339 9145
      3339 9158 3347 9168 3406 9094 3408 9087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 228DEG 55KT 3347 9152

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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
Jan 12, 6:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	44 min
Jan 12, 6:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	3 hr
Jan 12, 6:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott	35 min
Jan 12, 6:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	44 min
Jan 12, 6:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Van Buren	29 min
Jan 12, 6:49 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Logan, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	5 hr
Jan 12, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	35 min
Jan 12, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	49 min
Jan 12, 6:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Yell	32 min
Jan 12, 7:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Yell	26 min
Jan 12, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike	33 min
Jan 12, 7:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	32 min
Jan 12, 7:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone, White	24 min
Jan 12, 7:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	12 hr
Jan 12, 7:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	6 days
Jan 12, 7:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Saline, Van Buren	40 min
Jan 12, 7:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	3 days
Jan 12, 7:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	32 min
Jan 12, 8:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Sharp, White	45 min
Jan 12, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	37 min
Jan 12, 8:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	10 days
Jan 12, 8:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	White	12 hr
Jan 12, 8:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	3 hr
Jan 12, 9:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	118 min
Jan 12, 9:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke and 6 more	3 hr
Jan 12, 9:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 4 more	3 hr
Jan 12, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	37 min
Jan 12, 10:22 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita	3 hr
Jan 12, 10:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	45 hr
Jan 12, 10:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson, White	45 min
Jan 12, 10:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	46 min
Jan 12, 11:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	43 min
Jan 12, 11:12 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	9 hr
Jan 12, 11:15 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	36 hr
Jan 12, 11:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	23 min
Jan 13, 12:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland	44 min
Jan 13, 12:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	22 min
Jan 13, 12:33 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Monroe and 4 more	3 hr
Jan 13, 12:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Ouachita	29 min
Jan 13, 1:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	44 min
Jan 13, 1:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Drew	30 min
Jan 13, 1:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	35 min
Jan 13, 2:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	30 min
Jan 13, 3:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	16 hr
Jan 13, 7:01 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	3 hr
Jan 13, 8:53 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	19 hr
Jan 13, 9:55 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	2 hr
Jan 13, 11:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2013 Every 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.