Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2002, 8:36 PM CST for Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 29, 2002, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2002, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:55 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Humphrey, AR |
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.
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 Mar 29, 3:50 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:50 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
ARZ025-033-034-042>047-052>057-062>069-300830- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 730 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT ENTERED NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY FRIDAY. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE STATE TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS ARKANSAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE ACTIVATED LATER TONIGHT. 38
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 51 min |
| Mar 29, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 26 min |
| Mar 29, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 51 min |
| Mar 29, 10:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 22 min |
| Mar 30, 4:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 4:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 5:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 6:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Grant, Hot Spring, Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 10:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 10:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 31 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.