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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 24, 2003Jefferson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2003, 7:18 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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 24, 2003, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2003, 7:55 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 24, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
715 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

.DAY ONE..TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
ARKANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES. THE
SEVERE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH ARKANSAS ON MONDAY AND MAY STALL IN THE
AREA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO THIS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN MOST
OF ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
527 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0438 PM    1 S THIDA                 AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   INDEPENDENCE                   REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR

0505 PM    5 SE DENMARK              AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR

0515 PM    5 NW VELVET RIDGE         AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
537 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0528 PM    8 N JUDSONIA              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
610 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0542 PM    PYATT                     AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   MARION                         REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

0545 PM    SNOW                      AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   MARION                         REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA

0550 PM    BOSWELL                   AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   IZARD                          REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

0550 PM    9 S MELBOURNE             AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   IZARD                          REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

0551 PM    MELBOURNE                 AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   IZARD                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
629 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0555 PM    BRADFORD                  AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR

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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 24, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	42 min
Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard	42 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard	30 min
Apr 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	38 min
Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	42 min
Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	40 min
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard	46 min
Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas	49 min
Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	35 min
Apr 24, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Bradley	40 min
Apr 24, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas	39 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	43 min
Apr 24, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	39 min
Apr 24, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard	3 hr
Apr 24, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard	19 min
Apr 24, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	39 min
Apr 24, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard	12 min
Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	29 min
Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	39 min
Apr 24, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	42 min
Apr 24, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	49 min
Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	44 min
Apr 24, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jackson	39 min
Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	3 hr

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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.