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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 426, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 4, 2003Cleburne County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2003, 12:25 AM CDT for Cleburne County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 4, 2003, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2003, 1:05 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cleburne County, AR

The radar

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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 Aug 3, 9:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
958 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

WILL NOT BE UPDATING THE ZONE FORECAST TEXT. HOWEVER...WILL ADJUST
THE TEMPERATURE GRID TRENDS TO FIT THE CURRENT TRENDS BETTER.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE NORTHEAST. CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE
WARM FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER.

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
550 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STATIONARY FRONT LIFTED FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ACTIVE
OVERNIGHT...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. WITH A
NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL PUSH INTO
NORTHERN ARKANSAS.

ALSO...A SYSTEM ALOFT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL HEAD THROUGH EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. A FEW STORMS MAY
DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO THE SYSTEM...WITH THE STORMS CONFINED MAINLY
TO THE WESTERN COUNTIES.

ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER MAY OCCUR IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH HAIL THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS
WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING. DURING THE HEAT
OF MONDAY AFTERNOON...STORMS MAY REDEVELOP BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN
ISOLATED.

MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE.
THE STORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE BECOMING MORE
ISOLATED LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

IN GENERAL...SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN ISOLATED THROUGH TONIGHT. AS
A RESULT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 7:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
731 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

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

0710 PM    GLENCOE                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   FULTON                         REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

0725 PM    HORSESHOE BEND            AR   .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   IZARD                          REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
830 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

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

0930 AM    7 SW LESLIE               AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   SEARCY                         HAIL LASTED 15 MINUTES.
                                          HAIL DAMAGED GARDEN AND
                                          KNOCKED NUMEROUS LEAVES OFF
                                          TREES. REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0930 AM    7 SW LESLIE               AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/03/03   SEARCY                         LARGE LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 11:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard33 min
Aug 3, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard57 min
Aug 3, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne46 min
Aug 3, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite60 min
Aug 3, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite56 min
Aug 4, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter40 min
Aug 4, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard, Stone33 min
Aug 4, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.