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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 7, 2004Bradley County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2004, 7:38 PM CDT for Bradley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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 7, 2004, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2004, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bradley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 7, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
713 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004

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

0640 PM     HAIL             LESTER                  33.65N 92.92W
04/07/2004  1.75 INCH        OUACHITA           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL COVERED THE GROUND...LOOKED LIKE SNOW ON THE GROUND.

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 7:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
ARZ040>047-052>057-062>069-080100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
725 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #49 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR...CLARK...
OUACHITA...CLEVELAND...DESHA...LINCOLN...DALLAS...PIKE...
JEFFERSON...GRANT...HOT SPRING...ARKANSAS...POLK...
MONTGOMERY...GARLAND...SALINE...MONROE...PULASKI...LONOKE
AND PRAIRIE COUNTIES...HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #49 HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH #52...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR...BRADLEY...CALHOUN AND DREW COUNTIES.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.