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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 3, 2015Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2015, 11:41 AM CST for Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 3, 2015, 1:12 PM CST. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2015, 11:41 AM CST (17:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2015, 1:12 PM CST
Expired: Jan 5, 2015, 5:08 PM CST
In force: 52 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lawrence County, AR, Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Spring River (AR) at Imboden (IMBA4). The gauge peaked at 18.74 ft at Jan 3, 2015, 6:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07069500, 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 3, 11:30 AM CST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 11:30 AM CST, 11 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
Jan 3, 1:01 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	3 hr
Jan 3, 1:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant, Pulaski	32 min
Jan 3, 2:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	29 min
Jan 3, 3:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	2 hr
Jan 3, 8:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	3 days
Jan 3, 8:53 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	7 days
Jan 3, 9:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	16 days
Jan 3, 9:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	10 days
Jan 3, 9:49 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	3 hr
Jan 3, 2:16 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	28 hr
Jan 3, 4:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	49 hr

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.