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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 15, 2018Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2018, 11:54 AM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2018, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2018, 10:22 AM CDT
In force
47 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Black River at Pocahontas (POCA4). The gauge peaked at 16.86 ft at Apr 18, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07069000, 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 14, 6:41 PM CDT, 17 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDT, 17 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:52 PM CDT, 20 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 3:26 AM CDTFreeze WarningLZKBaxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 23 more30 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.