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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 401, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 12, 2011Boone County, Marion County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2011, 7:58 PM CDT for Boone County, Marion County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 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: May 12, 2011, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2011, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, AR, Marion 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
May 12, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 May 12, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:00 AM CDT, 14 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 4:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
649 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

ARZ040-130035-
POLK AR-
649 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM CDT...

AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANT HILL...OR 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MENA...               QUEEN WILHELMINA SP...
  POLK CNTY FAIRGNDS... MOUNTAIN FORK...      LAKE WILHELMINA...
  LAKE MENA...          HATFIELD...           ROCKY...
  RICH MTN...           POTTER...             HOWARD...
  EAGLETON...           DALLAS...             COVE...
  ACORN...              WOLF PINNACLE...      WEST VALLEY...
  WEEHUNT MTN...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3473 9446 3473 9438 3473 9431 3470 9431
      3470 9407 3468 9400 3447 9427 3434 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 219DEG 23KT 3444 9453

BJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	43 min
May 12, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson, Newton	45 min
May 12, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	67 min
May 12, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton	64 min
May 12, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion, Searcy	47 min
May 12, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton	34 min
May 12, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	40 min
May 12, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	38 min
May 12, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	62 min
May 12, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	63 min
May 12, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	44 min
May 12, 8:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton	3 hr
May 12, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	43 min
May 12, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	25 min
May 12, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	65 min
May 12, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	58 min
May 12, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne, Stone	45 min
May 12, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sharp	45 min
May 12, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	38 min
May 12, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	46 min
May 12, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne, White	46 min
May 12, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	45 min
May 12, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	42 min
May 12, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	46 min
May 13, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	52 min
May 13, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	44 min
May 13, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Woodruff	23 min
May 13, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	50 min
May 13, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	33 min
May 13, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	46 min
May 13, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	44 min
May 13, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	43 min
May 13, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	32 min
May 13, 4:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	3 hr
May 13, 12:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sharp	28 min
May 13, 2:31 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	7 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.