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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 13, 2012Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT for Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 21 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 13, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Desha County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 13, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 10:03 AM CDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1003 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141000-
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-
1003 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS
ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. HOWEVER...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TO THE EAST OF THE
STATE.

DUE TO ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION...THERE WILL
BE A CONCERN FOR ISOLATED WILDFIRES DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES.
ALSO...DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE
STATE...AND THOSE AREAS THAT DID NOT SEE MUCH RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.
THIS WILL ALSO KEEP PORTIONS OF THE STATE IN AN ELEVATED WILDFIRE
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE
WORK WEEK...AS A SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE PLAINS. WHILE WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

THE FRONT WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE...WITH HIGHS
ONLY IN THE 80S BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

EVEN WITH RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST...THE FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN A
CONCERN DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT ACROSS THE AREA. BURN BANS
ARE IN PLACE IN MANY COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS...AND ANY UNCONTROLLED OR
ACCIDENTAL FIRE COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL.

.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 13, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
303 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

ARZ057-065-132035-
ARKANSAS AR-DESHA AR-
303 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DESHA AND
SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STIMSON...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WHITE RIVER NWR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITE RIVER NWR...    TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA... STIMSON...
  SNOW LAKE...          LORAYS...             LACONIA...
  MOZART...             WEBFOOT LAKE...       PRAIRIE LAKES...
  OWENS LAKE...         NORRELL LOCK AND DAM...
  LITTLE GOOSE LAKE...  LA GRUES LAKE...      KNOWLTON...
  JOHN SMITH LAKE...    HONEY LOCUST BAYOU...
  HOLE IN THE WALL LAKE...                    GARLAND LAKE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3402 9090 3401 9098 3398 9095 3395 9099
      3399 9102 3397 9108 3396 9108 3394 9101
      3388 9110 3402 9124 3416 9109 3414 9108
      3413 9111 3412 9096 3408 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 227DEG 15KT 3401 9109

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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.