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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 746, NWS Little Rock, AR
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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</html>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. 46
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:40 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LZK | 11 hr | |
| Aug 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Garland, Independence and 7 more | 5 days |
| Aug 4, 5:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 8:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Izard | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 19 min |
| Aug 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Ouachita | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 27 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.