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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 4:21 PM CDT for Faulkner 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 8, 2012, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
County Faulkner County, AR
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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
240 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
ARZ030-037-082010-
LOGAN AR-SCOTT AR-
240 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHERN SCOTT AND
WESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOONEVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOONEVILLE... IONE... DRIGGS...
CHISMVILLE... CAROLAN... CARBON CITY...
BARBER... WATSON LAKE... TATE...
HEWITT LAKE... CANEY LAKE... BOY SCOUTS LAKE...
BOONEVILLE MUNI ARPT...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3515 9404 3523 9404 3524 9402 3524 9393
3529 9393 3531 9391 3527 9373 3501 9400
3514 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 302DEG 6KT 3520 9398
/64Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:41 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 421 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 ARZ032-082150- FAULKNER AR- 421 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAULKNER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF CONWAY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONWAY... MAYFLOWER... LAKE CONWAY... SKUNK HOLLOW... ROUND MTN... REYNOLDS MTN... GOLD CREEK... BELK... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 135. 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 3510 9233 3495 9234 3498 9256 3510 9249 TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 274DEG 3KT 3505 9244 62
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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| Aug 7, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 15 min |
| Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 23 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.