Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 16, 2000Scott County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2000, 11:03 AM CDT for Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 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
May 16, 2000, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2000, 11:50 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 11:15 AM CDTHail 0.75Y City, 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 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 Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk36 min
May 16, 11:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.