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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 8, 2018Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2018, 10:48 AM CST for Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 9, 2018, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2018, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2018, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 9, 2018, 11:59 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clark County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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 Ouachita River at Arkadelphia (AKDA4).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07360000, 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 7, 3:12 PM CST, 19 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:12 PM CST, 19 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 1:09 PM CST, 21 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
109 PM CST Fri Dec 7 2018

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Jackson-Logan-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Scott-Yell-Perry-
Polk-Montgomery-Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-
Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-
Lincoln-Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-
109 PM CST Fri Dec 7 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight

Light rain will be confined to far south Arkansas this afternoon
with period of drizzle possible elsewhere. A large shield of rain
is expected to develop tonight and spread to the north with time.

Sub freezing or very close to near freezing temperatures will be
noted in the north when precipitation arrives, with spotty light
freezing rain and some light snow possible after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Moisture will continue trying to build into the northern counties
Saturday and Saturday night. There will be a lot of dry air to
overcome, so moisture levels should remain somewhat limited. Even
so, it will be cold enough to yield areas of light freezing rain,
sleet, and light snow over the northern two to three rows of
counties.

As far as accumulations, two to as much as four inches of snow and
sleet could pile up across the north. A tenth to a quarter of an
inch of ice could occur in places.

Colder air will work from northern into central Arkansas after dark
Saturday, with rain changing to light snow. Any accumulations should
be an inch or less.

In the south, two to more than three inches of rain is expected
through early Sunday. Because this is spread out over time, any
flash flooding should be spotty.

This is a complex situation, and the forecast could change. Please
continue to monitor forecast information from the National Weather
Service, and plan accordingly.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 10:49 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita17 days
Dec 8, 10:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Union59 days

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.