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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 9, 2020Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2020, 7:54 PM CST for Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 7:08 AM CST. It was in force for 23 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2020, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2020, 7:08 AM CST
Expired
Feb 3, 2020, 11:40 AM CST
In force
23 days
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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 Black Rock (BKRA4). The gauge peaked at 22.88 ft at Jan 12, 2020, 9:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07072500, 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 Jan 9, 7:38 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 7:38 PM CST, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 7:54 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKRandolph47 hr
Jan 9, 7:55 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKPerry5 days
Jan 9, 8:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott45 min
Jan 10, 11:11 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKIndependence70 hr
Jan 10, 11:14 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKSaline31 hr
Jan 10, 11:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring47 hr
Jan 10, 11:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita21 days
Jan 10, 11:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKFulton, Sharp26 hr
Jan 10, 11:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKLawrence, Randolph45 hr
Jan 10, 11:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKRandolph16 days
Jan 10, 2:25 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe and 2 more21 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.