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River Flood Warning 179, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 12, 2021Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2021, 11:25 AM CST for Independence County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 13, 2021, 4:57 PM CST. It was in force for 28 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2021, 11:25 AM CST (17:25 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2021, 4:57 PM CST
Expired
Apr 10, 2021, 12:43 PM CDT
In force
28 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 17:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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).

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 Mar 12, 5:25 AM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 5:25 AM CST, 6 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 4:02 AM CST, 7 hours 23 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 11:17 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Monroe8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2021Every river flood warning in 2021

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.