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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 10, 2016Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 10, 2016, 11:12 AM CDT for Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 10, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2016, 11:12 AM CDT (16:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 10, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT
In force: 37 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black River at Black Rock (BKRA4). The gauge peaked at 24.21 ft at May 29, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07072500, 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 May 10, 6:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 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
May 9, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	24 min
May 9, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	50 min
May 9, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	48 min
May 9, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Stone, Van Buren	30 min
May 9, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	44 min
May 9, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	40 min
May 9, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	22 min
May 9, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	50 min
May 9, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Izard, Sharp	45 min
May 9, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	40 min
May 9, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	21 min
May 9, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring, Pike	34 min
May 9, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	47 min
May 9, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	13 min
May 9, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard, Sharp, Stone	49 min
May 9, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	16 min
May 9, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	54 min
May 9, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark	28 min
May 9, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	31 min
May 9, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	49 min
May 10, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas	45 min
May 10, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas	48 min
May 10, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	55 min
May 10, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Desha, Lincoln	45 min
May 10, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie	43 min
May 10, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas	38 min
May 10, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Monroe	55 min
May 10, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	46 min
May 10, 1:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	42 min
May 10, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	44 min
May 10, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	52 min
May 10, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	12 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.