Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 15, 1997Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 8:56 AM CDT for Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 15, 1997, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1997, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Miller County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 9:10 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Hervey, ARMedium sized trees and branches were broken.
Jul 15, 9:15 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Hervey, ARReported by a crop duster.

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 10:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass40 min
Jul 15, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River63 min
Jul 15, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee40 min
Jul 15, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.