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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 746, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 4, 2011Conway County, Perry County, Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2011, 5:46 AM CDT for Conway County, Perry County, Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2011, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2011, 6:20 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Conway County, AR, Perry County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 4, 3:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:00 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-051000-
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-
500 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DOMINANT TODAY...BRINGING VERY HOT
CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL MOSTLY RANGE FROM 100 TO 110
DEGREES...AND WILL EXCEED 110 DEGREES IN PLACES. THESE READINGS
COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS HEAT
INDEX VALUES FROM 110 TO 120 DEGREES.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY. THIS WILL BE ONE OF
THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR...AND PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE THE HEAT
SERIOUSLY. HEAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN THE
UNITED STATES.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE ISOLATED. HOWEVER...THE
STORMS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN
CONCERN. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH...WHICH IS STRONG ENOUGH TO
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

IT APPEARS HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST
UNITED STATES IN THE COMING DAYS. THIS WILL CREATE A NORTHWEST WIND
FLOW ALOFT...WHICH WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION BY
MONDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

PRECEDING THE FRONT...IT WILL REMAIN HOT INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE FORECAST AND HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER
105 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS
THROUGH SUNDAY.

ONCE THE FRONT ARRIVES EARLY NEXT WEEK...IT WILL NOT BE QUITE SO
HOT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO NORMAL...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN
AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AWAY FROM HIGH PRESSURE.

SURROUNDING THE FRONT...THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTH AND
EAST...OR IN AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT. SOME STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:40 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 3:40 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK11 hr
Aug 4, 3:40 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZKBaxter, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Garland, Independence and 7 more5 days
Aug 4, 5:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry30 min
Aug 4, 7:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry47 min
Aug 4, 7:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry31 min
Aug 4, 8:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry42 min
Aug 4, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren47 min
Aug 4, 10:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway32 min
Aug 4, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIzard47 min
Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew47 min
Aug 4, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew36 min
Aug 4, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew30 min
Aug 4, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBradley32 min
Aug 4, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew32 min
Aug 4, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley25 min
Aug 4, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun19 min
Aug 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Cleveland37 min
Aug 4, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCalhoun46 min
Aug 4, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk33 min
Aug 4, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott25 min
Aug 4, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas, Ouachita33 min
Aug 4, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott35 min
Aug 4, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas34 min
Aug 4, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk24 min
Aug 4, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas26 min
Aug 4, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas36 min
Aug 4, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas22 min
Aug 4, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita28 min
Aug 4, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk28 min
Aug 4, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott30 min
Aug 4, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk27 min

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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.