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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 23, 2023Izard County, Stone County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2023, 4:22 PM CDT for Izard County, Stone County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 25, 2023, 10:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2023, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2023, 10:20 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 27, 2023, 10:21 AM CDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Izard County, AR, Stone County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White River at Calico Rock (CLRA4). The gauge peaked at 18.88 ft at Mar 25, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07060500, 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 23, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 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
Mar 23, 4:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	42 hr
Mar 23, 4:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	66 hr
Mar 23, 4:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	15 days
Mar 23, 4:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	53 hr
Mar 23, 4:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	5 days
Mar 23, 4:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	7 days
Mar 23, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	7 days
Mar 23, 4:29 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	White	30 hr
Mar 23, 4:31 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Clay	5 days

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.