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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 5, 2003Arkansas County, Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2003, 6:38 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
417 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RACE ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF CWFA. A FEW
SHOWERS WERE NOTED ON KLZK RADAR IN NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS.
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW SCATTERED CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF THE STATE ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP IN TEXAS AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN VERY
UNSTABLE AIR. A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. LIFTED
INDICES UP TO -11 WERE INDICATED WITH A CAPE OF 4500 J/KG WERE NOTED
ON THE 18Z KLZK SOUNDING. GOOD SPEED SHEAR IS ALSO EVIDENT. THE
FRONT ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE STATE WILL REMAIN FAIRLY
STATIONARY OVERNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY LIFT BACK UP TO THE NORTH. THIS
IS GOING TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP FURTHER NORTHWARD
TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ON TUESDAY SINCE ARKANSAS WILL
AGAIN BE IN THE WARM AND UNSTABLE SECTOR. MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY.

THE FRONT ACROSS MISSOURI AND THE DRY LINE IN TEXAS WILL NOT MOVE
MUCH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL SHORT
WAVES MOVE THROUGH ALSO AND KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE
FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM AND MAINLY IN THE 80S THROUGH THE WEEK
WITH LOWS IN THE 60S AND 70S.

HRO   60  82  57  81 /  50  30  40  40
LIT   66  87  67  86 /  70  30  40  40
HOT   66  87  67  86 /  70  30  40  40
PBF   68  88  69  86 /  70  30  40  40

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 11:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 5, 4:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
421 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

0358 PM    6 E THORNTON              AR   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   CALHOUN                        REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, May 5, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
443 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

0430 PM    2 S STAR CITY             AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.

0431 PM    STAR CITY                 AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 5, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 5, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
525 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

0410 PM    DELIGHT                   AR   .88 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   PIKE                           AT MCKNIGHTS GROCERY SUPER
                                          STORE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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Local storm report, May 5, 6:33 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
633 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

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

0530 PM    7 W CAMDEN                AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/03   OUACHITA                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0615 PM    STAR CITY                 AR   70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/05/03   LINCOLN                        LIVE WEATHER CREW FROM
                                          CHANEL 4 NEWS. REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott44 min
May 4, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleburne, Stone, Van Buren29 min
May 4, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson30 min
May 4, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson27 min
May 4, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner28 min
May 4, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner20 min
May 4, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleburne42 min
May 4, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner31 min
May 4, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLonoke, White45 min
May 4, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWhite, Woodruff52 min
May 4, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson40 min
May 4, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott, Yell47 min
May 4, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKYell27 min
May 5, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry43 min
May 5, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline28 min
May 5, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski46 min
May 5, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke43 min
May 5, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite34 min
May 5, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie32 min
May 5, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKPrairie23 min
May 5, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff28 min
May 5, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy27 min
May 5, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone39 min
May 5, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard30 min
May 5, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp29 min
May 5, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita32 min
May 5, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun40 min
May 5, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley36 min
May 5, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew39 min
May 5, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita28 min
May 5, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha29 min
May 5, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew31 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Drew32 min
May 5, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun30 min
May 5, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew31 min
May 5, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley30 min
May 5, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun29 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBradley31 min
May 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew32 min
May 5, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha37 min
May 5, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDrew39 min
May 5, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita29 min
May 5, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDesha41 min
May 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun30 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike43 min
May 5, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland29 min
May 5, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln38 min
May 5, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas42 min
May 5, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Jefferson44 min
May 5, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Lincoln45 min
May 5, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas, Grant43 min
May 5, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha30 min
May 5, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland25 min
May 5, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita30 min
May 5, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson38 min
May 5, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland27 min
May 5, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita47 min
May 5, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun32 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha41 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln29 min
May 5, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas34 min
May 5, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley31 min
May 5, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew47 min
May 5, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley30 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.