Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 11:55 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Monroe County, Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1997, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | De Valls Bluff, AR | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| Jun 17, 12:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | De Witt, AR | Several trees were blown down. |
| Jun 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Clarendon, AR | Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and destroyed 10 mobile homes. No injuries were reported. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
915 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0708 PM WALDRON AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT FROM PUBLIC
0743 PM PARKS AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT
0748 PM WALDRON AR 2.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT THROUGH FORT SMITH
WEATHER OFFICE.
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
915 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0708 PM WALDRON AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT FROM PUBLIC
0743 PM PARKS AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT
0748 PM WALDRON AR 2.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 SCOTT REPORT THROUGH FORT SMITH
WEATHER OFFICE.
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 PM MALVERN AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING CITY POLICE
0943 PM MALVERN AR 1.50 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING REPORT FROM HAMS
0948 PM GLEN ROSE AR TREES AND POWER LINES
06/16/97 HOT SPRING DOWN BY WIND
ALSO MINOR STREET FLOODING
DOWNTOWN MALVERN
REPORT FROM HAMS
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 PM MALVERN AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING CITY POLICE
0943 PM MALVERN AR 1.50 INCH HAIL
HOT SPRING REPORT FROM HAMS
0948 PM GLEN ROSE AR TREES AND POWER LINES
06/16/97 HOT SPRING DOWN BY WIND
ALSO MINOR STREET FLOODING
DOWNTOWN MALVERN
F REPORT FROM HAMS
31Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1015 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010z PM ICO AR TREES DOWN
GRANT NORTHWEST OF SHERIDAN
REPORT FROM OES
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.