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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 7, 2016Bradley County, Calhoun County, Union County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2016, 10:07 AM CST for Bradley County, Calhoun County, Union County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2016, 10:01 PM CST. It was in force for 72 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2016, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2016, 10:01 PM CST
Expired: May 20, 2016, 8:10 PM CDT
In force: 72 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Union County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ouachita River at Thatcher L&D (CALA4).

Action stage: 78.5 ft
Minor stage: 79 ft
Moderate stage: 88 ft
Major stage: 94 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07362400, 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 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 5:34 AM CST, 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
Mar 7, 9:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Nevada, Ouachita	5 days
Mar 7, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	16 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.