Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 582
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 8, 1997, 1:30 PM CDT for 51 counties in Arkansas; Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1997, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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.
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 64 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Desha | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.