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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 27, 2016Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2016, 9:52 AM CST for Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2016, 9:52 AM CST (15:52 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 9, 2017, 1:24 PM CST
In force: 12 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 15:49 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 10.68 ft at Jan 3, 2017, 12:00 PM CST.

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 Dec 26, 3:05 PM CST, 18 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 3:05 PM CST, 18 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 4:00 PM CST, 17 hours 52 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
Dec 26, 6:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	39 min
Dec 26, 7:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark	3 hr
Dec 26, 8:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Dallas, Ouachita	114 min
Dec 26, 8:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	51 min
Dec 26, 9:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lincoln	53 min
Dec 26, 11:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Union	53 min
Dec 27, 2:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley	89 min

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.