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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 11, 2015Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2015, 11:15 PM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 12, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2015, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 14, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black River at Pocahontas (POCA4). The gauge peaked at 16.30 ft at May 13, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07069000, 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 11, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 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
May 11, 11:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	34 hr
May 11, 11:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	32 hr
May 12, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	4 days
May 12, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	16 days
May 12, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	32 days
May 12, 2:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	3 days
May 12, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Pulaski	36 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.