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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 4, 2015Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2015, 10:18 AM CDT for Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 4, 2015, 8:42 PM CDT. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2015, 10:18 AM CDT (15:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2015, 8:42 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2015, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 53 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Missouri River (AR) near Boughton (BHTA4).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07361600, 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 Jul 4, 6:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 8:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:16 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 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
Jul 3, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	44 min
Jul 3, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope	36 min
Jul 3, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	27 min
Jul 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	30 min
Jul 3, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	45 min
Jul 4, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln	55 min
Jul 4, 1:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	3 hr
Jul 4, 2:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more	3 hr
Jul 4, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln	58 min
Jul 4, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Drew, Ouachita	56 min
Jul 4, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more	59 min
Jul 4, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Ouachita	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more	59 min
Jul 4, 5:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more	115 min
Jul 4, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	58 min
Jul 4, 7:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 5 more	3 hr
Jul 4, 10:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 4 more	3 hr
Jul 4, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	9 days
Jul 4, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Union	11 days
Jul 4, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	42 days

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.