Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Apr 19, 2003, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)

Expired

Apr 19, 2003, 11:30 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, AR

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS54 KLZK 200342
SVRLIT
ARC071-200430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1032 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF CLARKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKSVILLE AROUND 1105 PM CDT
  LAMAR AROUND 1110 PM CDT

&&

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE WARNING AREA IS STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS. SOME DAMAGE MAY OCCUR SUCH AS DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES. THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL IN SOME AREAS. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3564 9397 3546 9398 3544 9338 3563 9338

$$

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 19, 9:45 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
945 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

...UPDATE THIS EVENING...

CURRENT FORECAST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE BUT GRIDS/ZONES WILL NEED TO
UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST WITH THE OCCASIONAL STRONG STORM STILL HOLDING ON. MAIN
FOCUS WILL BE LINE OF INTENSE CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE. CURRENT THINKING IS MOST WILL MISS THE CWA BUT
IT WILL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY.

LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS TOWARDS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. STRONG DYNAMICS ALOFT APPEAR TO BE STAYING
PRIMARILY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STATE. FRONT WILL PUSH INTO
CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL EDGE SLOWLY EAST DURING
THE DAY. MAIN DYNAMICS/WIND ENERGY WILL RIDE NORTH OF THE STATE
GIVING FRONT LITTLE PUSH. DURING LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
HOURS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP IN AREAS MAINLY
SOUTH/EAST OF LITTLE ROCK...WITH MOSTLY DRY WEATHER BEHIND THE
FRONT.

FCSTID =   56

.LZK...NONE.

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

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.