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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 10, 2009Logan County, Scott County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 2009, 11:33 PM CST for Logan County, Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 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
Feb 10, 2009, 11:33 PM CST (05:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2009, 12:30 AM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Logan County, AR, Scott County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Feb 10, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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 Feb 10, 11:33 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:33 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 8:45 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
845 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111100-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
845 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS ARKANSAS OUT
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATE EVENING. A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPED ALONG THIS
BOUNDARY...AND WAS PRODUCING A LINE OF STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS.

THE SYSTEM WILL DRAG THE FRONT INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE
LATER TONIGHT. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION
DURING THE WEE HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE ARE
LIKELY...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD BE SPAWNED WITH SHEAR
REMAINING HIGH.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN ABOUT THE WESTERN TWO
THIRDS OF ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK FARTHER EAST.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN...THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
WIND SURROUNDING THE INCOMING SYSTEM. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. GUSTS COULD
APPROACH 50 MPH IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

THERE IS A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES DUE
TO AN ICE STORM IN LATE JANUARY. A LOT OF WIND WILL LIKELY DOWN
WEAKENED TREE BRANCHES...AND THIS COULD CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN DURING THIS EVENT...
ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. RAINFALL TOTALS
THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY COULD EXCEED TWO INCHES. IN
GENERAL...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN THE NORTH WHERE TREE DEBRIS SLOWS
RUNOFF OF RAIN WATER.

THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS ARE
ADVISED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS UPCOMING EVENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIT NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WITH
A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST TO
NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY. WIND SPEEDS WILL
CONTINUE TO AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

46/60

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 11:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy42 min
Feb 10, 11:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Izard, Stone, Van Buren55 min
Feb 10, 11:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Searcy67 min
Feb 10, 11:57 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKCleburne, Izard, Stone, Van Buren48 min
Feb 11, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Sharp37 min
Feb 11, 12:46 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope44 min
Feb 11, 1:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope45 min
Feb 11, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone45 min
Feb 11, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren36 min
Feb 11, 1:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Izard, Stone, Van Buren and 1 more46 min
Feb 11, 2:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White33 min
Feb 11, 2:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, Sharp, White, Woodruff44 min
Feb 11, 4:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln36 min
Feb 11, 8:15 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKFulton, Sharp82 min
Feb 11, 10:10 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence8 days
Feb 11, 10:36 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKRandolph20 hr
Feb 11, 10:36 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKLawrence, Randolph20 hr
Feb 11, 10:36 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKRandolph44 hr
Feb 11, 10:50 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKWhite, Woodruff20 days
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKIndependence, Jackson20 hr
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKPrairie, White, Woodruff20 hr
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKPrairie20 hr
Feb 11, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Monroe20 hr
Feb 11, 3:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKLawrence, Randolph15 hr

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.