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River Flood Advisory 34, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 20, 2021Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood advisory at Dec 20, 2021, 6:29 PM CST for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2021, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2021, 8:48 AM CST
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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).

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 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 Dec 20, 5:30 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 5:30 PM CST, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 2:43 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 7:23 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLZKBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew and 4 more3 hr
Dec 21, 8:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence52 hr
Dec 21, 8:20 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKWhite, Woodruff4 days

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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.