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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 9, 2014Saline County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2014, 9:45 AM CDT for Saline County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 9, 2014, 4:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2014, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2014, 4:16 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 11, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
41 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 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 Saline River at Benton (BTNA4). The gauge peaked at 15.84 ft at Jun 9, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
18 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 07363000, 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 Jun 9, 6:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
536 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101045-
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-
536 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE STATE
TODAY...BUT ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW TODAY...BUT IT IS
POSSIBLE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEEN IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE STATE TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING
WINDS...WITH A LESSER THREAT OF DAMAGING HAIL.

ADDITIONALLY...THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS. WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE MOST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A
CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY BEFORE
A BIT OF A BREAK IS SEEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATER IN THE WEEK.
ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY LOW...THE BEST CHANCES FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER
ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE A FEW STORMS COULD
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.

THE NEXT SYSTEM TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE FORECAST WILL
ARRIVE ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED WITH THAT SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKScott, Yell3 hr
Jun 8, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski, Saline44 min
Jun 8, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline40 min
Jun 8, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPulaski, Saline23 min
Jun 8, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie45 min
Jun 8, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski36 min
Jun 8, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe, Prairie58 min
Jun 8, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff49 min
Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson43 min
Jun 8, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas45 min
Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe22 min
Jun 9, 7:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKYell47 hr
Jun 9, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark43 min
Jun 9, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita and 1 more40 min
Jun 9, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita50 min
Jun 9, 12:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland, Grant, Jefferson46 min
Jun 9, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln3 hr
Jun 9, 1:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBradley, Desha, Drew3 hr
Jun 9, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff40 min
Jun 9, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPrairie, White, Woodruff38 min
Jun 9, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWoodruff24 min
Jun 9, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff32 min
Jun 9, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWoodruff26 min
Jun 9, 3:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKPerry6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.