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River Flood Warning 234, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 18, 2021Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2021, 9:39 AM CST for Jackson County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 21, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2021, 9:39 AM CST (15:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 30, 2021, 6:14 PM CST
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cache River at Patterson (PTTA4). The gauge peaked at 10.42 ft at Dec 25, 2021, 5:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07077500, 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 18, 5:53 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 5:53 AM CST, 3 hours 46 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
Dec 18, 1:45 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Scott, Yell	3 hr
Dec 18, 3:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	49 min

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.