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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 12, 2000Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT for Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 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: May 12, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Newton County, AR

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 12, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 1:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

ARZ003>006-012>015-021>024-030>032-037>043-052>054-130300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
505 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL
10 PM CDT...

A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS IS SETTING OFF A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THIS LINE WILL MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS THROUGH 10 PM.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND THE RAIN WILL END.

KEEP ALERT TO WEATHER IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER
SHO{ULD SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS BE ISSUED. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.

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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
May 12, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan	68 min
May 12, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott	56 min
May 12, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott	66 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.