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River Flood Warning 63, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 14, 2016Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Aug 14, 2016, 9:33 AM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 15, 2016, 12:22 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2016, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 15, 2016, 12:22 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2016, 9:08 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Eleven Point River at Ravenden Springs (RVSA4). The gauge peaked at 14.64 ft at Aug 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07072000, 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 14, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 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
Aug 14, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	16 days
Aug 14, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	68 hr
Aug 14, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	4 days
Aug 14, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	22 days

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.