Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2002, 4:57 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 13, 2002, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 Aug 13, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY STATEWIDE TONIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. THE COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF ARKANSAS. IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT. MINIMUMS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 60S NORTH AND 70S ELSEWHERE. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY LEVEL OFF IN THE 80S OVER MOST LOCATIONS. TONIGHT IS THE MAIN RAIN MAKER AND AFTER TONIGHT SOME RAIN MAY LINGER BUT WILL NOT BE AS MUCH AS TONIGHT. FCSTID = 38 HRO 65 81 64 89 / 70 50 10 20 LIT 70 84 71 91 / 70 60 10 30 HOT 71 85 70 91 / 70 60 10 30 PBF 72 86 72 92 / 70 60 10 30 .LZK... AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 91 min |
| Aug 13, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Saline | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.