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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 12, 2002Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2002, 6:08 PM CDT for Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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 12, 2002, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 12, 6:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Malvern, AR	Several large trees were knocked down.

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 Jul 12, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 1:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

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

0410 PM    5 W RUSSELLVILLE          AR   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/02   YELL                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
507 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

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

0130 PM    6 SW PYATT                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/02   BOONE                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Sharp	2 hr
Jul 12, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	57 min
Jul 12, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	33 min
Jul 12, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Yell	34 min
Jul 12, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Yell	33 min
Jul 12, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Yell	45 min
Jul 12, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	40 min
Jul 12, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	49 min
Jul 12, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	38 min
Jul 12, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	39 min

Nearby

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

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.