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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 20, 2002White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2002, 2:17 PM CDT for White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2002, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 20, 10:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 10:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1033 AM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002

RECENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE LIMITED AREAS OF CONVECTION AND FOG
HAVE CLEARED. EXPECT BEST CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

.LZK...NONE

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.