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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 12, 2016Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT for Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 14, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2016, 8:57 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cache River at Patterson (PTTA4). The gauge peaked at 9.81 ft at May 18, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07077500, 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 12, 9:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 9:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 9:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 8:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 8:45 AM CDT, 2 hours before

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Local storm report, May 12, 8:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 8:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 9:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 10:35 AM CDT, 10 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 12, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	41 min
May 12, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson, Newton	47 min
May 12, 3:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	42 min
May 12, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	47 min
May 12, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	50 min
May 12, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Polk, Scott	51 min
May 12, 4:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	24 min
May 12, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	50 min
May 12, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Yell	45 min
May 12, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk and 2 more	47 min
May 12, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Garland, Perry, Pope, Saline, Scott and 1 more	53 min
May 12, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring	30 min
May 12, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner	44 min
May 12, 6:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard, Sharp	43 min
May 12, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard, Sharp	35 min
May 12, 6:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	33 min
May 12, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	47 min
May 12, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	46 min
May 12, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	36 min
May 12, 7:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	33 min
May 12, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	40 min
May 12, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	38 min
May 12, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	43 min
May 12, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.