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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 465, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 23, 2003Cleburne County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2003, 2:10 AM CDT for Cleburne County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 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 23, 2003, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2003, 2:40 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cleburne County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 22, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1005 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI INTO EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AT 0300Z. QUICK UPDATE TO INCLUDE SMALL POPS
FOR OVERNIGHT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF CWA.

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 6:05 PM CDT, 8 hours 5 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
605 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS
EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF THE STORMS TO BE
STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A COLD FRONT MAY REACH THE STATE WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT THAT TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
100 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003

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

1240 AM    3 SW SWIFTON              AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03   JACKSON                        HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN DOWN
                                          ON U.S. HWY 67. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

1240 AM    SWIFTON                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN.
                                          POWER LINES DOWN. POLICE
                                          RADIO SYSTEM KNOCKED OUT.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1243 AM    2 W TUCKERMAN             AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03   JACKSON                        TREE DOWN ACROSS STATE HWY
                                          37. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
107 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003

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

0103 AM    NEWPORT                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/03   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:31 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
131 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003

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

0115 AM    NEWPORT                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03   JACKSON                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:47 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
147 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2003

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

0112 AM    NEWARK                    AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/23/03   INDEPENDENCE                   TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. SOME ROADS BLOCKED.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

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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
Aug 23, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	43 min
Aug 23, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence	58 min
Aug 23, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	46 min
Aug 23, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	58 min
Aug 23, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	56 min
Aug 23, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry	47 min
Aug 23, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Saline	48 min

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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.