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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2009, 4:27 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Pike County, Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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 29, 2009, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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 29, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:16 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 416 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 ARZ037-038-040-041-052-292145- MONTGOMERY-PIKE-POLK-SCOTT-YELL- 416 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MONTGOMERY...PIKE...POLK...SCOTT AND YELL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ODEN. 56
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 11:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy, Van Buren | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.