Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2001, 9:42 PM CDT for Ouachita County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Ouachita County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:48 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Chidester, AR | |
| May 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Camden, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 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, 5:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
531 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, 5:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 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.Local storm report, May 18, 6:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
651 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM PLAINVIEW AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/01 YELL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS NEARLY
COVERING THE GROUND.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Special weather statement, May 18, 9:11 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 18, 9:11 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
ARZ037-040>047-052>057-062>069-190400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED ZONE CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 911 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 248 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SCOTT...POLK...MONTGOMERY...GARLAND...SALINE...PULASKI...LONOKE... PRAIRIE...MONROE...PIKE...HOT SPRING...GRANT...AND JEFFERSON. AT 910 PM...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 248 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ARKANSAS...CLARK...DALLAS...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...DESHA...OUACHITA... CALHOUN...BRADLEY...AND DREW. 22
Local storm report, May 18, 9:29 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
929 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM BILLSTOWN AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/01 PIKE LOTS OF DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE HAIL COVERED THE
DECK. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 37 min |
| May 18, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 30 min |
| May 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 50 min |
| May 18, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 48 min |
| May 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 20 min |
| May 19, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 48 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.