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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT for Grant County, Pulaski County, Saline 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grant County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline 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 Jul 6, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-071000- 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 FRI JUL 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO WORSEN. VEGETATION HAS DRIED OUT IN MANY AREAS...AND WILDFIRES HAVE BECOME COMMON. THERE IS AN EXTREME WILDFIRE DANGER...AND MOST COUNTIES HAVE BURN BANS IN PLACE. ANY FIRE THAT STARTS COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS. WHILE THE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LIMITED...A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE COMING DAYS...THE PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT WESTWARD TOWARDS THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO DROP SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS TO PRODUCE GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO SHIFT SOUTH OF THE AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. WHATEVER RAIN MATERIALIZES...IT WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE ONGOING DROUGHT. OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 446 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ARZ039-043-044-062215- PERRY AR-PULASKI AR-SALINE AR- 446 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SALINE...WESTERN PULASKI AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF LAKE NORRELL...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MAUMELLE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE SYLVIA... REFORM... PARON... WILFORD PEAK... SCHOOLHOUSE MTN... RATTLESNAKE MTN... PIGEON ROOST MTN... KETCHEL MTN... JOLLY ROGER LNDG... JENNINGS MTN... HORSESHOE MTN... GRINDSTONE MTN... GOODSON MTN... COLE MTN... COLD SPRING MTN... BRUSHY MTN... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3467 9280 3488 9286 3489 9257 3476 9254 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 082DEG 7KT 3479 9264 /64
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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 |
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| Jul 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 32 min |
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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.