Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 9, 1997Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1997, 6:36 PM CDT for Woodruff County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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: Jul 9, 1997, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 1997, 7:10 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 9, 6:50 PM CDT	Hail 1	Cotton Plant, AR

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 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 46 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 45 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, 1 hour 36 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

34

Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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

34

Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 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

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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
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, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	61 min
Jul 9, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Yell	48 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

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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.