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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 4, 2017Fulton County, Sharp County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2017, 2:54 PM CDT for Fulton County, Sharp County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 4, 2017, 6:31 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2017, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2017, 6:31 PM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fulton County, AR, Sharp County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Spring River (AR) at Hardy (HDYA4). The gauge peaked at 11.73 ft at May 5, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07069305, 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 May 3, 6:42 PM CDT, 20 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:42 PM CDT, 20 hours 12 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
May 3, 9:39 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	36 hr
May 4, 3:09 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	16 hr
May 4, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LZK	Baxter	4 hr
May 4, 2:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	65 hr

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.