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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 24, 2015Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2015, 12:29 PM CDT for Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 25, 2015, 10:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2015, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2015, 10:13 PM CDT
Expired
May 29, 2015, 5:52 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Clark County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ouachita River at Arkadelphia (AKDA4).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07360000, 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 24, 6:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 9:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
915 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

ARZ040-241445-
POLK AR-
915 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY UNTIL
945 AM CDT...

AT 913 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF GRANNIS...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF DE
QUEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WICKES...             VANDERVOORT...        MCCAULEY...
  HATTON...             COVE...               BOGG SPRINGS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3422 9447 3448 9447 3450 9446 3441 9423
      3419 9438 3418 9445 3420 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 208DEG 20KT 3428 9443

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Special weather statement, May 24, 10:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1009 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

ARZ037-040-241540-
POLK AR-SCOTT AR-
1009 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN
POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT...

AT 1006 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK...
OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK...              OLIVER...
  MOUNTAIN FORK...      MORGAN SPRINGS...     LAKE WILHELMINA...
  LAKE HINKLE...        BEAUCHAMP...
  BLACK FORK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS...           SHADY GROVE...
  ROCKY...              RICH MTN...           EAGLETON...
  CAUTHRON...           BLACK FORK...         BATES...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3491 9446 3493 9445 3496 9441 3495 9439
      3496 9437 3497 9425 3496 9418 3456 9427
      3459 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 189DEG 31KT 3467 9436

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:52 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more15 hr
May 24, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk30 min
May 24, 10:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott31 min
May 24, 11:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKPope, Yell11 days
May 24, 11:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKConway, Perry13 days
May 24, 11:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry10 days
May 24, 11:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKJefferson, Lincoln14 days
May 24, 11:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKRandolph9 days
May 24, 12:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKClark, Nevada, Ouachita5 days
May 24, 12:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKSaline4 days
May 24, 12:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKAshley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew14 days
May 24, 12:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKWhite4 days
May 24, 12:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Lincoln13 days
May 24, 1:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry13 days
May 24, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery43 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKPulaski36 hr
May 24, 2:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPolk, Scott3 hr
May 24, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas, Ouachita46 min
May 24, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 1 more51 min
May 24, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Ouachita54 min
May 24, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell49 min
May 24, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Izard, Sharp48 min
May 24, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline30 min
May 24, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Jefferson and 1 more26 min
May 24, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Searcy26 min
May 24, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Searcy24 min
May 24, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry, Pulaski, Saline50 min
May 24, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Yell60 min
May 24, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline49 min
May 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Cleveland, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln and 1 more45 min
May 24, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter35 min
May 24, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline and 1 more43 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline, White24 min
May 24, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White47 min
May 24, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Prairie and 1 more60 min
May 24, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln55 min
May 24, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren60 min
May 24, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lonoke and 3 more41 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone40 min
May 24, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Monroe49 min
May 24, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Desha31 min
May 24, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp and 3 more38 min
May 24, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Prairie53 min
May 24, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton, Sharp21 min
May 24, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard31 min
May 24, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp34 min

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.