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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 2, 2011Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2011, 2:41 PM CDT for Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2011, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

County Newton County, AR

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 1:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031000-
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 TUE AUG 2 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN OVER THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM THE MID 90S
TO AROUND 109 DEGREES. HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB TO 105 TO 113
DEGREES. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS WEEK.
CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL KEEP MOISTURE SUPPRESSED SOUTH
OF ARKANSAS TOWARD THE GULF COAST. AS A RESULT...ANY PRECIPITATION
THAT FORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF ARKANSAS.

SUBSEQUENTLY THERE WILL BE LESS CLOUDS...AND IT WILL REMAIN HOT.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL INTO THE 90S TO AROUND 110
DEGREES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH
AROUND 115 DEGREES. THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

.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 2, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:02 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLZKArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Conway and 22 more10 hr
Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more55 hr
Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more7 days
Aug 2, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk45 min
Aug 2, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery28 min
Aug 2, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSearcy32 min
Aug 2, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren27 min
Aug 2, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren36 min
Aug 2, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren28 min
Aug 2, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson27 min
Aug 2, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk28 min
Aug 2, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway32 min
Aug 2, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope30 min
Aug 2, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope30 min
Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren45 min
Aug 2, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway30 min
Aug 2, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren35 min
Aug 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry30 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.