Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2002, 7:37 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Oct 6, 2002, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2002, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 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 00:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Wickes, AR | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 19 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.