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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 3, 2014Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Feb 3, 2014, 10:15 AM CST for Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2014, 10:15 AM CST (16:15 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2014, 7:54 PM CST
In force
7 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 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cache River at Patterson (PTTA4). The gauge peaked at 8.79 ft at Feb 6, 2014, 6:00 AM CST.

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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 Feb 3, 5:49 AM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 5:49 AM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:00 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041100-
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-
500 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN WESTERN ARKANSAS
TUESDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY SPREAD EASTWARD. THIS WILL BEGIN AS
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. BY AFTERNOON...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SECTIONS WILL CHANGE TO RAIN...AND THE FAR NORTH WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW. AROUND ONE INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE FAR NORTH...AND ONE
TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE
ACROSS THE REST OF THE NORTH. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST
TO EAST TUESDAY EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE.

WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRY AS ARKANSAS WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS. ANOTHER
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THURSDAY WITH MOISTURE
INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST...AND WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR
WINTRY PRECIPITATION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL
AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE SYSTEMS. HOWEVER...MANY
UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN WITH THIS LATE WEEK STORM SYSTEM AS WELL. REFER
TO THE LATEST FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS DETAILS BECOME
MORE CLEAR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 3, 4:28 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 3, 7:48 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
748 AM CST MON FEB 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0743 AM     SNOW             2 SSW HORSESHOE BEND    36.20N 91.75W
02/03/2014  M6.8 INCH        IZARD              AR   COCORAHS

            STORM TOTAL.

0743 AM     SNOW             8 SSW HARDY             36.21N 91.54W
02/03/2014  M6.1 INCH        SHARP              AR   COCORAHS

            STORM TOTAL.

&&

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Local storm report, Feb 3, 8:33 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
833 AM CST MON FEB 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             SALEM                   36.37N 91.82W
02/03/2014  M5.3 INCH        FULTON             AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 5.3 INCHES

0700 AM     SNOW             BATESVILLE              35.77N 91.64W
02/03/2014  M2.0 INCH        INDEPENDENCE       AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 2.0 INCHES

0700 AM     SNOW             STEPROCK                35.43N 91.69W
02/03/2014  M0.5 INCH        WHITE              AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 0.5 INCHES

0700 AM     SNOW             HARDY                   36.32N 91.48W
02/03/2014  M6.0 INCH        SHARP              AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 6.0 INCHES

0700 AM     SNOW             3 ENE MANSFIELD         35.08N 94.20W
02/03/2014  M1.2 INCH        SEBASTIAN          AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 1.2 INCHES

0700 AM     SNOW             CALICO ROCK             36.13N 92.13W
02/03/2014  M4.0 INCH        IZARD              AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 4.0 INCHES

0700 AM     SNOW             CLINTON                 35.58N 92.45W
02/03/2014  M2.7 INCH        VAN BUREN          AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 2.7 INCHES

0700 AM     SNOW             GILBERT                 35.99N 92.72W
02/03/2014  M3.5 INCH        SEARCY             AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 3.5 INCHES.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 2:52 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more27 hr

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.