Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Mar 29, 2002, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 2002, 11:00 PM CST

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Arkansas County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 300409
SVRLIT
ARC001-300500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1009 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 1006 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF ALMYRA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST
  OF HUMPHREY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALMYRA AROUND 1015 PM CST
  DE WITT AROUND 1025 PM CST
  ST CHARLES AROUND 1045 PM CST

&&

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

LAT...LON 3448 9159 3430 9162 3426 9114 3444 9114

$$

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 29, 10:00 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

QUICK UPDATE THIS EVENING DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE UP ALONG THE COLD FRONT MOVING
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CWA. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY DISSIPATE
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. STORMS APPEAR TO BE HAIL MAKERS MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.  FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED TO CLEAN UP WORDING AND
ADJUST FOR CURRENT TRENDS.

FORECAST FOR WET WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS STILL
LOOKS GOOD AS UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND
INTERACTS WITH LOTS OF GULF MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE DYNAMICS.

FCSTID = 56

.LZK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES
ARZ052>053...ARZ062>063...ARZ066>069.

In the hours 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.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1000 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0920 PM    8 N STUTTGART             AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   ARKANSAS                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.