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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 11, 2004Stone County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2004, 2:05 AM CDT for Stone County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 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 11, 2004, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2004, 3:05 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stone County, AR

The radar

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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
Aug 11, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 Aug 10, 9:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 9:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
935 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004

.DISCUSSION...
HAVE HAD A FEW SEVERE STORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTH TUESDAY
EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS
OVERNIGHT. MINOR UPDATES MADE TO CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT. REST OF
PACKAGE OKAY.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 2:00 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
843 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     HAIL             3 N JUDSONIA            35.32N 91.64W
08/10/2004  0.75 INCH        WHITE              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 10:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 11:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1155 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1154 PM     HAIL             MELBOURNE               36.06N 91.90W
08/10/2004  0.75 INCH        IZARD              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 12:05 AM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1205 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1159 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MELBOURNE               36.06N 91.90W
08/10/2004                   IZARD              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN THE CITY PARK IN MELBOURNE.

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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 10, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	57 min
Aug 10, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Stone	45 min
Aug 10, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	42 min
Aug 10, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard	61 min
Aug 11, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Stone	58 min
Aug 11, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	46 min
Aug 11, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Van Buren	62 min
Aug 11, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Van Buren	39 min
Aug 11, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	43 min
Aug 11, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	29 min

Nearby

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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.