Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Aug 23, 2000, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Independence County, AR, Sharp County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS54 KLZK 232016
SVRLIT
ARC063-135-232100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
316 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHARP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAVE CITY.  THE STORM WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAVE CITY AROUND 400 PM CDT

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE WARNING AREA IS STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS. SOME DAMAGE MAY OCCUR SUCH AS DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES. THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL IN SOME AREAS. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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

LAT...LON 3610 9135 3610 9157 3585 9162 3585 9131

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
315 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000

FORECAST CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES AND RAIN CHANCES

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF AR THIS
AFTERNOON. MAIN ACTION RIGHT NOW IS OVER THE NRN COUNTIES. SURFACE
DATA SHOWS A WEAK AREA OF CONVERGENCE ACROSS THAT AREA. OTHERWISE...
ANOTHER VERY HOT DAY WITH TEMPS RUNNING WELL IN THE 90S TO AROUND
100.

MODELS SHOWING SOME MINOR CHANGES IN THE UPPER FLOW THIS PERIOD.
UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER THE MID-SOUTH IS PROGGED TO SHIFT WWD...
ALLOWING UPPER FLOW TO BECOME MORE NWLY ACROSS THE AREA THRU 48
HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW A SURFACE BOUNDARY...NOW OVER NRN MO...TO
PUSH SLOWLY SWD...CLOSER TO NERN AR/SERN MO BY FRIDAY.

EXPECT CURRENT CONVECTION TO WEAKEN AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. THE
MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT A COMPLEX OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO FIRE
OVER NRN MO TONIGHT AND THEN TRACK SEWD. SOME CLOUD DEBRIS FROM THIS
SYSTEM COULD AFFECT MY NRN ZONES ON THURSDAY...HOLDING TEMPERATURES
DOWN A FEW DEGREES. ALSO...COULD SEE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WORK INTO
NORTH AR ON THURSDAY AS WELL...AIDING IN MORE CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT A CONTINUATION OF THE HOT WEATHER. WILL EXTEND
HEAT ADVISORY INTO FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF SRN AND CNTRL AR. WL STICK
WITH PERSISTENCE ON TEMPERATURES.

IN THE EXTENDED...UPPER HIGH BUILDS BACK SLOWLY EWD AGAIN. LOOKS
LIKE NERN HALF OF AR WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION AS
SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVES ARE FORECAST TO DROP SEWD IN THE UPPER FLOW.
..44..

.LIT...HEAT ADVISORY CENTRAL AND SOUTH ZONES THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

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