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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 19, 2003Desha County, Lincoln County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2003, 9:33 PM CDT for Desha County, Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 19, 2003, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Desha County, AR, Lincoln County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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 Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
728 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OKLAHOMA DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD
FRONT AND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO ENTER WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT THEN PUSH FARTHER INTO THE STATE
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE...MAINLY OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR THE FRONT. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE OVER
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AND
NORTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

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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
Apr 19, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	31 min
Apr 19, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson	58 min
Apr 19, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson	48 min
Apr 19, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	31 min
Apr 20, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	27 min
Apr 20, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	39 min
Apr 20, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy	28 min
Apr 20, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	25 min
Apr 20, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	29 min
Apr 20, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	29 min
Apr 20, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2003 Every 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.