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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 757, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 4, 2011Polk County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2011, 5:11 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 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, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Polk County, AR

The radar

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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, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
407 PM CDT THU AUG 04 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     LIGHTNING        2 SE MENA               34.56N 94.21W
08/04/2011                   POLK               AR   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            *** 2 INJ *** THE AIRPORT MANAGER AT THE MENA AIRPORT
            REPORTED THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED BY LIGHTNING AT THE
            AIRPORT. THEY WERE ON A TUG TOWING AN AIRPLANE AT THE
            TIME. THEY WERE CONSCIOUS AND TALKING AFTER THE LIGHTNING
            STRIKE... BUT WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED
            OUT. LIGHTNING DATA SHOWED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED
            ONLY TWO CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:29 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:32 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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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, 5:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Yell	34 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, 5:19 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.