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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 27, 2017Prairie County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2017, 8:36 PM CDT for Prairie County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 1, 2017, 9:38 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2017, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2017, 9:38 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2017, 10:40 AM CDT
In force: 45 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Prairie County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River at Des Arc (DSCA4).

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 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 27, 10:16 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Independence	36 hr
Apr 28, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	5 days
Apr 28, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	47 hr
Apr 28, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	41 hr
Apr 28, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	41 hr
Apr 28, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	5 days
Apr 28, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	4 days
Apr 28, 11:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	5 days
Apr 28, 12:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White	4 days
Apr 28, 12:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clay	7 days
Apr 28, 12:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	4 days
Apr 28, 12:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	4 days
Apr 28, 12:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	8 days
Apr 28, 12:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy	4 days
Apr 28, 12:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	4 days
Apr 28, 12:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	5 days
Apr 28, 1:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	4 days
Apr 28, 1:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	19 days
Apr 28, 1:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Union	26 days
Apr 28, 1:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Nevada, Ouachita	3 days
Apr 28, 1:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	4 days
Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 20 more	44 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.