Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1997, 5:54 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1997, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1997, 6:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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, Jul 9, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>017-020>028-030>049-054>058-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 450 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING ARKANSAS FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS NORTH OF MENA...HOT SPRINGS AND PINE BLUFF. STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE IN THE WATCH AREA WILL PRODUCE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER. PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. 46
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>017-020>028-030>049-054>058-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 450 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING ARKANSAS FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS NORTH OF MENA...HOT SPRINGS AND PINE BLUFF. STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE IN THE WATCH AREA WILL PRODUCE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER. PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. 46
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:00 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR WIND DAMAGE
07/09/97 PULASKI TWO TREES DOWN WITH
POWER OUTAGES
34Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:20 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
520 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
517 PM LITTLE ROCK AR 1.00 HAIL
07/09/97 PULASKI REPORTED BY CHANNEL 4
AT BASELINE AND CHICOT
ROADS
34Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:23 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
520 PM CDT WED JUL 9 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
517 PM LITTLE ROCK AR 1.00 HAIL
07/09/97 PULASKI REPORTED BY CHANNEL 4
AT BASELINE AND CHICOT
ROADS
34The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.