Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2001, 3:32 PM CDT for Pike County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 26, 2001, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pike County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Nathan, AR | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs and power lines. |
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 Jul 26, 3:15 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:15 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 315 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001 SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER NORTH/CENTRAL ARKANSAS. LOOKS LIKE MORE RAIN COMING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER REGION...BUT IT HAS WEAKENED SLOWLY THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS HAS ALLOWED A COLD FRONT TO SLIDE INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS FROM MISSOURI. MEANWHILE...TROPICAL MOISTURE WAS BUILDING TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST...AND WILL HELP MOISTEN ATMOSPHERE A BIT FURTHER. WITH THE FRONT IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND WITH MOISTURE IN PLACE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH MORE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION... TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT AS IN PREVIOUS DAYS. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED BACK TO THE NORTH. IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGH WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN...WITH THE HEAT RETURNING. (46) .LIT...NONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 29 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.