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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 7, 2016Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2016, 9:40 AM CST for Clark County, Nevada County, Ouachita County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2016, 8:24 PM CST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2016, 9:40 AM CST (15:40 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2016, 8:24 PM CST
Expired: Mar 11, 2016, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 50 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 15:40 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 Mar 7, 5:34 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 5:34 AM CST, 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
Mar 7, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	16 days
Mar 7, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Union	74 days
Mar 7, 10:22 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Saline	36 hr
Mar 7, 2:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	3 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.