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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 27, 2017Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2017, 11:48 AM CDT for Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 28, 2017, 11:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2017, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 28, 2017, 11:17 PM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2017, 9:53 AM CDT
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River at Newport (NPTA4). The gauge peaked at 33.34 ft at May 5, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21.5 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07074500, 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 Apr 27, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 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
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Clay	36 hr
Apr 26, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Randolph	36 hr
Apr 26, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	36 hr
Apr 26, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	36 hr
Apr 26, 8:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	59 days
Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Searcy	36 hr
Apr 27, 4:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	3 days
Apr 27, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	48 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.