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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 18, 2001Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2001, 6:28 PM CDT for Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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 18, 2001, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Yell County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 6:40 PM CDTHail 1Plainview, 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.

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 18, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
350 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001

MCS RAPIDLY FELL APART IN WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...BUT UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH MCS RATHER STRONG AND ALONG
ARKANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT ALSO MOVING INTO
STATE FROM NORTHWEST. SCATTERED STORMS FLARED UP AHEAD OF
SYSTEM/FRONT...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH POSTED IN NORTHERN SECTIONS
OF THE STATE UNTIL 9 PM.

OVERNIGHT...IN ADDITION TO SYSTEM/FRONT...UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
WILL MOVE OVER ARKANSAS FROM OKLAHOMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST THIS EVENING...THEN DRY.
FARTHER SOUTH/EAST...SYSTEM SLOW TO PUSH THROUGH...SO CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION MENTIONED ALL NIGHT.

BY SATURDAY...LOOKS LIKE FRONT PUSHING TO SOUTH AND UPPER SYSTEM TO
EAST. DRIER AIR LEFT BEHIND AND REMOVED MENTION OF THUNDERSHOWERS IN
NORTHERN ARKANSAS. IN CENTRAL/SOUTH...AFTERNOON HEATING MAY TRIGGER
A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS...BUT MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY.

LOOKING AHEAD...FRONT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH SATURDAY
NIGHT/SUNDAY WITH GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. SUNDAY
NIGHT/MONDAY...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARDRIVE FROM PLAINS WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AGAIN. DRIER/COOLER AIR EXPECTED
BEHIND LATTER FRONT. (46)

.LIT...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
340 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001

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

0330 PM    3 S SALEM                 AR   .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   FULTON                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 18, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
525 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
Local storm report, May 18, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
528 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001

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

0330 PM    1 W GLENCOE               AR   1 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   FULTON                         HAIL COVERED THE
                                          GROUND. REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.
Local storm report, May 18, 5:31 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 18, 5:34 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
534 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001

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

0320 PM    2 SW HORSESHOE BEND ARPT  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   IZARD                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion51 min
May 17, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter33 min
May 18, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Izard45 min
May 18, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.