Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Apr 30, 2002, 10:59 AM CDT (15:59 UTC)

Expired

Apr 30, 2002, 11:30 AM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sharp County, AR

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

985 
WUUS54 KLZK 301559
SVRLIT
ARC135-301630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1100 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF HARDY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MAMMOTH SPRING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HARDY AROUND 1105 AM CDT

&&

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 LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3650 9142 3642 9131 3633 9126 3625 9127
          3626 9133 3619 9136 3629 9157 3634 9144

$$

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 30, 9:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
932 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

A COMPLEX SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.

FCSTID = 38

.LZK...NONE.

In the hours before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301830-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS
TODAY.

A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE FRONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD
TODAY...THESE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY AND SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SOME
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS MAY
NEED TO BE ACTIVATED OVER MUCH OF THE STATE LATER TODAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.