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River Flood Advisory 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 22, 2019Pulaski County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood advisory at May 22, 2019, 10:08 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2019, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2019, 10:06 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pulaski County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Little Rock (LITA4). The gauge peaked at 14.59 ft at May 24, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07263500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 22, 6:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 7:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 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 21, 10:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	18 days
May 21, 10:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	22 days
May 21, 10:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	21 days
May 21, 11:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	23 days
May 22, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	16 min
May 22, 4:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke	3 hr
May 22, 7:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	3 hr
May 22, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	23 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2019 Every river flood advisory in 2019

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.