Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Jul 19, 2000, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 2000, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lonoke County, AR, Prairie County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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.

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WUUS54 KLZK 200236
SVRLIT
ARC085-117-200315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
935 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZEN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WARD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. THE HAIL
MAY CAUSE SOME VEHICLE OR ROOF DAMAGE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

LAT...LON 3505 9190 3487 9196 3476 9156 3498 9149

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
340 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2000

PROBLEM TODAY IS CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
BEHIND COLD FRONT.

COLD FRONT LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHERN ARKANSAS ON 18Z SURFACE MAP.
THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW NIGHT. ONCE THIS FRONT REACHES THE SOUTHERN BORDER...THE
ENTIRE STATE WILL BE VULNERABLE TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SINCE IT
WILL RESIDE IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTH. THIS WILL ALSO MEAN COOLER TEMPERATURES STATEWIDE. MODELS ARE
IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO ACCOMPANY THE NUMEROUS
H5 SHORT WAVES TO PASS THROUGH...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE COLD FRONT WILL NOT PASS THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNTIL
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO 95 TO
100 DEGREES ON THURSDAY IN THOSE AREAS. HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 105
TO 110 DEGREES IN THESE LOCATIONS. THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES. MOS CONTINUES TO HAVE A GOOD
HANDLE ON THE SITUATION.

.LIT...HEAT ADVISORY THURSDAY EXTREME SOUTH PART OF FA
       ZONES 052-053-062>069

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In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
840 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0755 PM    NEWARK                    AR   .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/00   INDEPENDENCE                   HAIL LARGER THAN DIME SIZE
                                          AT NEWARK FROM THE PUBLIC

0815 PM    OIL TROUGH                AR   1.25 INCH HAIL
07/19/00   INDEPENDENCE                   FROM A STORM SPOTTER

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.