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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 362, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 19, 2003Garland County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2003, 6:42 AM CDT for Garland County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 19, 2003, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2003, 7:25 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR

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 Jul 19, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE ENTIRE STATE OF ARKANSAS IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A LARGE COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND WILL WEAKEN. STRONG WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THESE
STORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTH...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. BOUNDARIES LEFT
BY THESE STORMS WILL BE THE FOCUS OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE.
SOME SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...ALONG WITH HIGH
HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE
FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES...DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS A SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVES INTO
THE STATE. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

ALL OF ARKANSAS IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE STATE. STRONG WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...BRINGING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LESS OPPRESSIVE
TEMPERATURES. AFTERNOON HIGH LATE NEXT WEEK WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S
TO THE MID 90S ACROSS THE STATE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp30 min
Jul 19, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard30 min
Jul 19, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne24 min
Jul 19, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton21 min
Jul 19, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke35 min
Jul 19, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas61 min
Jul 19, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita57 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.