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River Flood Advisory 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 21, 2022Prairie County, White County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood advisory at May 21, 2022, 10:31 AM CDT for Prairie County, White County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2022, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2022, 11:59 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Prairie County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 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 White River at Georgetown (GEOA4). The gauge peaked at 20.85 ft at May 20, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20.5 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07076750, 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 21, 6:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 4:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 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, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph, Sharp	43 min
May 21, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	45 min
May 21, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	27 min
May 21, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph	25 min
May 21, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	37 min
May 21, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	17 min
May 21, 2:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Newton	24 min
May 21, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	33 min
May 21, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	42 min
May 21, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	35 min
May 21, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Franklin	36 min
May 21, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Newton, Searcy	20 min
May 21, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	27 min
May 21, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Marion, Newton, Searcy	28 min
May 21, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton, Searcy	25 min
May 21, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	32 min
May 21, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope	44 min
May 21, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	18 min
May 21, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Searcy, Stone	14 min
May 21, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Stone	46 min
May 21, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Stone	26 min
May 21, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	48 min
May 21, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	36 min
May 21, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Stone, White	44 min
May 21, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	25 min
May 21, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren	47 min
May 21, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph and 1 more	46 min
May 21, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	3 hr
May 21, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone and 1 more	51 min
May 21, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	28 min
May 21, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren and 2 more	62 min
May 21, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph	19 min
May 21, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	34 min
May 21, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	18 min
May 21, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	24 min

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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.