Alert archive / Arkansas / River Flood Warnings in 2016
River Flood Warning 61, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 10:54 AM CDT for Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 14, 2016, 11:58 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2016, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 14, 2016, 11:58 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 8:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Black River at Black Rock (BKRA4).
- 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 Aug 13, 10:53 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 10:53 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141000- 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- 500 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN PLACES...WITH SPOTTY FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE IN THE FORECAST...WITH TWO TO SIX INCH AMOUNTS AND LOCALLY MORE EXPECTED. GIVEN THIS MUCH RAIN...FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR. IT APPEARS RAIN WILL BE HEAVIEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS... ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE OZARK MOUNTAINS. HIGH WATER ISSUES WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE NORTH...AND FLOODING COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. THIS INCLUDES WATER OVER ROADS....ROADS WASHED OUT...CREEKS AND STREAMS OVERFLOWING...AND WATER INTO SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES. STORMS WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE ISOLATED IN THE COMING DAYS. TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING OVER THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE HIT AND MISS...WITH THE FLOOD CONCERN DIMINISHING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK. 46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 10:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 24 days |
| Aug 13, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 3 hr |
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.