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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2016, 10:47 AM CST for Bradley County, Calhoun County, Union County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2016, 10:47 AM CST (16:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 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 16:45 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 Feb 17, 4:58 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 4:58 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 4:11 AM CST, 6 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 411 AM CST WED FEB 17 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-181100- BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD- INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY- FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND- SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT- JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA- CALHOUN-BRADLEY-DREW- 411 AM CST WED FEB 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT OTHER THAN AN ELEVATED WILD FIRE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WELL ABOVE NORMAL. LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO BE SEEN...AND THESE FACTORS WILL RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY HIGH WILD FIRE THREAT. THE AREAS OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MENA...TO HOT SPRINGS...TO CLINTON...TO MOUNTAIN HOME. THESE AREAS HAVE ALSO SEEN VERY LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. AS A RESULT...RED FLAG CONDITIONS MAY BE SEEN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO THE STATE. THERE COULD BE SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND MAYBE A STRONG STORM WITH THIS FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTIES DO EXIST ON HOW MUCH RAINFALL WILL BE SEEN...AND ANY POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS IN THE COMING DAYS AS THESE UNCERTAINTIES BECOME MORE CLEAR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62/46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 3:45 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LZK | Baxter, Conway, Garland, Marion, Perry | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:28 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland and 8 more | 28 hr |
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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.