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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 8, 1986Cleveland County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1986, 2:56 AM CST for Cleveland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1986, 2:56 AM CST (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1986, 3:30 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Cleveland County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 11:23 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
 1120 PM CST APR 7 1986

DISREGARD THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY ARKANSAS...THIS WAS CORRECTED TO READ fFOR MADISON COUNTY.
Local storm report, Apr 7, 11:47 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
1138 PM CST TUE APR 07 1986

TIME        COUNTY         EVENT

08/0437Z    BENTON  CY     3/4 INCH HAIL  10 EAST SPRINGDALE

08/0445Z    BENTON  CY     STREET FLOODING IN CITY OF ROGERS..POLICE
                           REPORTED SOME CARS WASHED OFF ROADS.

08/0404Z    BENTON CY     STRAIGHT LINE WIND HWY 72 AT PEA RIDGE STATE
                          TROOPER BLOWN OFF ROAD.

08/0450Z    BENTON CY     HWY 102 WEST OF CENTERTOWN TREES ACROSS ROAD

08/0503Z    BENTON CY     3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8PM AT BLUE SPRINGS
                          EAST OF SPRINGDALE..FENCH BLOWN DOWN..THE POSTS
                          WERE SET IN CONCRETE.|

08/0505Z    MADISON CY    MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT HINDSVILLE.
Local storm report, Apr 8, 12:20 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway52 min
Apr 8, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope47 min
Apr 8, 12:46 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKConway, Pope59 min
Apr 8, 1:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry67 min
Apr 8, 1:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline46 min
Apr 8, 2:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell56 min
Apr 8, 2:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant50 min
Apr 8, 3:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring58 min
Apr 8, 3:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas40 min
Apr 8, 3:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland30 min
Apr 8, 3:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew37 min
Apr 8, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita48 min
Apr 8, 4:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley48 min
Apr 8, 12:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln55 min
Apr 8, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.