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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 335, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 20, 1997Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1997, 5:54 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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: Aug 20, 1997, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 1997, 6:40 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Ozark, AR	A number of power lines were knocked down.
Aug 20, 6:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Ozark, AR	Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.

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, Aug 20, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
430 PM CDT WED AUG 20 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0320 PM    7 N FORDYCE               AR   .88 INCH HAIL
08/20/97   DALLAS

0336 PM    10 SW SHERIDAN            AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/20/97   GRANT

0405 PM    WARREN                    AR   .88 INCH HAIL
08/20/97   BRADLEY

45

Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
430 PM CDT WED AUG 20 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0320 PM    7 N FORDYCE               AR   .88 INCH HAIL
08/20/97   DALLAS

0336 PM    10 SW SHERIDAN            AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/20/97   GRANT

0405 PM    WARREN                    AR   .88 INCH HAIL
08/20/97   BRADLEY

45

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	51 min
Aug 20, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	49 min
Aug 20, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas	51 min
Aug 20, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas	46 min
Aug 20, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant	48 min
Aug 20, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	46 min
Aug 20, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Pulaski	46 min
Aug 20, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas	45 min
Aug 20, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	47 min
Aug 20, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	50 min
Aug 20, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas	48 min
Aug 20, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	47 min
Aug 20, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	35 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.