Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Aug 13, 2002, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Monroe County, AR

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS54 KLZK 132313
SVRLIT
ARC001-095-140000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
613 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. CHARLES...OR ABOUT 17
  MILES EAST OF STUTTGART...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. CHARLES AND HOLLY GROVE AROUND 625 PM CDT

&&

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE WARNING AREA IS STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS. SOME DAMAGE MAY OCCUR SUCH AS DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES. THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL IN SOME AREAS. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3456 9140 3432 9135 3429 9098 3467 9102

$$

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

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

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>046-052>054-140130-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
250 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF
ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

A STORM SYSTEM ALOFT MOVED FROM NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM TRIGGERED A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND ARKANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER...WITH ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED INTO THIS EVENING.
OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE FROM THE
NORTHWEST...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE.

THE PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON HAS ACTED TO
STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD...WITH SOME HEATING OCCURRING. SHOULD HEATING
TAKE PLACE...THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD DESTABILIZE ONCE AGAIN...WITH
THUNDERSTORMS MORE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING FRONT.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR...MAINLY
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY
BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE ACTIVATED TONIGHT.
EVERYONE IS URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...AND TO KEEP
TRACK OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS.

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

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