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River Flood Warning 151, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 25, 2015Bradley County, Calhoun County, Union County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 12:45 PM CST for Bradley County, Calhoun County, Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2016, 10:55 AM CST
In force: 38 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Union County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ouachita River at Thatcher L&D (CALA4).

Action stage: 78.5 ft
Minor stage: 79 ft
Moderate stage: 88 ft
Major stage: 94 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07362400, 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 25, 11:48 AM CST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:48 AM CST, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 11:30 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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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
Dec 24, 11:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha, Drew	50 min
Dec 25, 12:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	28 min
Dec 25, 12:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	25 min
Dec 25, 12:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Lincoln	50 min
Dec 25, 12:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	29 min
Dec 25, 1:06 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 2 more	3 hr
Dec 25, 1:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Ouachita	37 min
Dec 25, 1:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	51 min
Dec 25, 2:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun	46 min
Dec 25, 3:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 2 more	4 hr
Dec 25, 7:05 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	4 days
Dec 25, 11:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	5 days
Dec 25, 11:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	6 days
Dec 25, 11:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	19 days
Dec 25, 11:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	5 days
Dec 25, 11:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	6 days
Dec 25, 11:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	4 days
Dec 25, 12:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	15 days
Dec 25, 1:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	9 days
Dec 25, 1:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	12 days
Dec 25, 1:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	11 days
Dec 25, 1:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pulaski	10 days
Dec 25, 1:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	12 days
Dec 25, 1:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	12 days
Dec 25, 1:41 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	24 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.