Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Mar 25, 2002, 1:34 AM CST (07:34 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2002, 2:15 AM CST

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, AR

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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.

000 
WUUS54 KLZK 250734
SVRLIT
ARC101-250815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
133 AM CST MON MAR 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 130 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES WEST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 55 
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JASPER AROUND 155 AM CST

&&

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE WARNING AREA IS STRONG AND 
GUSTY WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. SOME DAMAGE MAY OCCUR SUCH AS DOWNED 
TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL 
UP TO QUARTER SIZE 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.

LAT...LON 3610 9314 3610 9295 3582 9297 3586 9350
          3602 9342 3610 9344

$$

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 25, 12:05 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1205 AM CST MON MAR 25 2002

HAVE SENT UPDATED ZONE PACKAGE TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN GROUP. OTHER THAN THAT...NO OTHER CHANGES
ATTM.

.LZK...NONE.

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In the hours before

ARZ003>005-012-013-021-022-030-037-038-250600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
944 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS UNTIL 300 AM CST MONDAY MORNING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THIS EVENING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY MORNING...
THE WATCH AREA IS PRIMARILY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WALDRON TO
MOUNTAIN HOME.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL AND
EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST
THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. SOME OF THE STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE
PRIMARY THREAT. SOME DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR AS WELL...AND AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.