Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2002, 5:05 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 13, 2002, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Montgomery County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Caddo Gap, AR | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
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.
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 Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 340 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF THE CWFA. MCS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND IS NEARING OUR WESTERN EDGE OF OUR CWFA. SEVERAL SURFACE BOUNDARIES ARE NOTED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND HENCE THE AREAS OF COVECTIVE INITIATION. EXPECT SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AHEAD OF THE MCS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. DECIDED TO STAY WITH THE AVN AS IT HAS HANDLED THE MCS OF TODAY QUITE WELL. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND THE FRONT PROVIDING THE LIFT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA. DEW POINTS ARE STILL RATHER HIGH...FROM THE MID 60S IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE MID 70S CENTRAL AND SOUTH AND WINDS HAVE TURNED WEST ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TOMORROW BEHIND THE FRONT WITH DRIER AIR IN PLACE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. WILL LEAVE JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH FOR THE MORNING HOURS. FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. THE HIGH SHIFTS TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND WILL REQUIRE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN AGAIN ON TUESDAY TO PROVIDE DRY WEATHER FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. STAYED CLOSE TO THE MAV TEMPERATURES. .LZK...NONE. 51
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 25 min |
Nearby
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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.