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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 18, 2015Pope County, Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2015, 9:15 AM CDT for Pope County, Yell County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 21, 2015, 7:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2015, 9:15 AM CDT (14:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2015, 7:51 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 23, 2015, 8:05 AM CDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Pope County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Dardanelle (DARA4). The gauge peaked at 26.40 ft at Jun 21, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
32 ft
Minor stage
32 ft
Moderate stage
36 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07258000, 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 Jun 18, 8:23 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 8:23 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 8:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
803 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

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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-
803 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE OZARK
MOUNTAINS...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED FOUR INCHES IN PLACES.

ALL OF THIS LIQUID IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM
BILL. THE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH DAWN FRIDAY.

IF THE EXPECTED RAINFALL MATERIALIZES...A MAJOR FLASH FLOOD EVENT
COULD UNFOLD. POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING HIGH WATER PROBLEMS MAY
AFFECT ROADS...HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...
AND BE READY TO REACT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

GIVEN THE CIRCULATION AROUND BILL...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A
BRIEF WEAK TORNADO OR TWO ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY IF
THERE ARE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER AND SOME HEATING OCCURS. THIS
WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE AND DEVELOPING STORMS
STRONGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE REMNANTS OF BILL WILL CONTINUE MOVING FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS
INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SURROUNDING THE
SYSTEM...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM LITTLE ROCK
NORTHWARD. PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST MAY RECEIVE AMOUNTS OVER TWO
INCHES. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A BIG CONCERN.

ONCE AGAIN...THERE WILL BE AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED WEAK
TORNADO OR TWO IN THE NORTHEAST...ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS ENOUGH
HEATING.

FOLLOWING ALL OF THE RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
COUNTIES...RIVERS WILL BE ON THE RISE. ARKANSANS ALONG AREA
TRIBUTARIES ARE ASKED TO MONITOR THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS.
TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BASED ON EXPECTED WATER LEVELS.

AFTER BILL DEPARTS THIS WEEKEND...THE RAIN WILL MOSTLY SHUT OFF. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND TEMPERATURES WILL
BE ABOVE NORMAL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WHILE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SPOTTY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED GIVEN THE SMALL POSSIBILITY OF
BRIEF TORNADOES SURROUNDING THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL.

&&

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone43 min
Jun 17, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland, Grant46 min
Jun 18, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry6 days
Jun 18, 10:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence5 days
Jun 18, 11:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKSearcy68 hr
Jun 18, 11:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKWhite, Woodruff9 days
Jun 18, 11:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk18 min
Jun 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott40 min
Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKHot Spring45 min
Jun 18, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring19 min
Jun 18, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff43 min
Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKHot Spring45 min
Jun 18, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark47 min
Jun 18, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKHot Spring45 min
Jun 18, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland47 min
Jun 18, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKHot Spring45 min
Jun 18, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark, Hot Spring43 min
Jun 18, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline32 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2015Every 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.