Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 23, 2002Logan County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2002, 4:46 PM CDT for Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 reports 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 23, 2002, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Logan County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 4:49 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ENew Blaine, ARSome large tree limbs were knocked down.
Jul 23, 4:49 PM CDTHail 0.75New Blaine, AR
Jul 23, 4:49 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EDelaware, ARThunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.

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 office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren28 min
Jul 23, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline31 min
Jul 23, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski36 min
Jul 23, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.