Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

May 26, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2000, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

County Johnson County, 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.

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WUUS54 KLZK 270432
SVRLIT
ARC071-270530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1130 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL        
  JOHNSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF COAL HILL...MOVING      
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  OTHER SCATTERED STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY...AND  
  MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO JOHNSON COUNTY DURING THE      
  WARNING PERIOD.   

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. 
STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FOR 
YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 3:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
335 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

WILL HAVE TO BE BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS
IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT NEXT FRONT WILL COME INTO AR SATURDAY
EVENING. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LATER
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS PER SWODY2 DISCO. MAY ALSO BE A
THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS VERY LATE TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST HALF OF AR
IF SQUALL LINE GETS GOING OVER OK AND HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT HEADS
TOWARD THE REGION. THINK MOST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE RAINFREE...EXCEPT
FOR THE STORMS VERY EARLY THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN AR.

SHOULD BE DRY AND WARM SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

WILL SHAVE A FEW DEGREES OFF 4TH PERIOD NGM MOS TEMPS FOR SUNDAY.

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.LIT...NONE.

In the hours before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>039-270530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1037 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS.

A VERY WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS PRESENT OVER ARKANSAS.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY. IN
ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ARKANSAS
DURING THE NIGHT.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WATCH SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR WARNINGS. BE SURE THAT YOU
HAVE A RELIABLE WAY TO RECEIVE WARNINGS OVERNIGHT. THOSE WHO ARE
CAMPING OR ENJOYING OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.