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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2014, 8:11 AM CDT for Perry County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 13, 2014, 8:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 59 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2014, 8:11 AM CDT (13:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2014, 8:12 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 16, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Perry County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 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 Fourche LaFave River near Houston (HUSA4).
- Action stage
- 24.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 32 ft
- Major stage
- 35 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07263115, 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 12, 6:22 PM CDT, 13 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:22 PM CDT, 13 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 2:05 PM CDT, 18 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 205 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-131015- 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- 205 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS EVENING...THEN WILL REACH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE TOWARDS SUNRISE TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL FOCUS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE COMMON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME...TO ARKADELPHIA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PROMOTE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN OF FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT EXTENDS ACROSS AREAS FROM DANVILLE...TO WALDRON...TO MENA...TO MOUNT IDA...WHERE CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LIMITS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH STORMS THAT REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN. DUE TO THE SLOW SPEED OF THE SYSTEM...IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE IT FINALLY EXITS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY. AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL BE WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND RAIN AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE SEEN...WITH SOME AREAS SEEING OVER FOUR INCHES. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... BUT THE GREATER CONCERN REMAINS WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. IF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO DEVELOP...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT DUE TO THE LIMITED THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 55/59
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 32 min |
| May 12, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 30 min |
| May 12, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 21 min |
| May 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 21 min |
| May 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 12, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 12, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 29 min |
| May 12, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway, Perry | 28 min |
| May 12, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 33 min |
| May 12, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 30 min |
| May 12, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Montgomery, Pike, Yell | 87 min |
| May 12, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry | 32 min |
| May 12, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 28 min |
| May 12, 9:30 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Perry | 36 hr |
| May 12, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner | 29 min |
| May 12, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 29 min |
| May 12, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 43 min |
| May 13, 12:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 2 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.