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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 5, 2003Lincoln County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2003, 4:07 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2003, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 May 5, 1:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 11:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
1121 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

0130 AM    NORTH LITTLE ROCK         AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03   PULASKI                        TREES DOWN. TREES FELL
                                          ONTO HOUSE ON PROSPECT
                                          TRAIL NEAR WILD RIVER
                                          COUNTRY. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

0155 AM    CABOT                     AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03   LONOKE                         LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

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Local storm report, May 5, 1:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
227 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

0126 PM    MONTICELLO                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   DREW                           REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0150 PM    MONTICELLO                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   DREW                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 5, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Scott	44 min
May 4, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren	29 min
May 4, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	30 min
May 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	27 min
May 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner	28 min
May 4, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner	20 min
May 4, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne	42 min
May 4, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner	31 min
May 4, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, White	45 min
May 4, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	52 min
May 4, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jackson	40 min
May 4, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott, Yell	47 min
May 4, 11:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Yell	27 min
May 5, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry	43 min
May 5, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	28 min
May 5, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	46 min
May 5, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	43 min
May 5, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	34 min
May 5, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	32 min
May 5, 2:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Prairie	23 min
May 5, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	28 min
May 5, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy	27 min
May 5, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Stone	39 min
May 5, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard	30 min
May 5, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	29 min
May 5, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	32 min
May 5, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	40 min
May 5, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	36 min
May 5, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	39 min
May 5, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	28 min
May 5, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	29 min
May 5, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	31 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Drew	32 min
May 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	30 min
May 5, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	31 min
May 5, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	30 min
May 5, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	29 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Bradley	31 min
May 5, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	32 min
May 5, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	37 min
May 5, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Drew	39 min
May 5, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	29 min
May 5, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha	41 min
May 5, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	30 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pike	43 min
May 5, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	29 min
May 5, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas	42 min
May 5, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Jefferson	44 min
May 5, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Lincoln	45 min
May 5, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant	43 min
May 5, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	30 min
May 5, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	25 min
May 5, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	30 min
May 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	38 min
May 5, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	27 min
May 5, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	47 min
May 5, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	32 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	41 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	29 min
May 5, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	34 min
May 5, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	31 min
May 5, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	37 min
May 5, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	47 min
May 5, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	30 min

Nearby

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Sources

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