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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 8, 2012Faulkner County, Arkansas

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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What forecasters said that day

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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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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 9:23 AM CDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:41 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:53 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark30 min
Aug 7, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike29 min
Aug 8, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry47 min
Aug 8, 11:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan44 min
Aug 8, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery43 min
Aug 8, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell45 min
Aug 8, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Scott, Yell37 min
Aug 8, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton46 min
Aug 8, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott34 min
Aug 8, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson47 min
Aug 8, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson42 min
Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott47 min
Aug 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike, Polk26 min
Aug 8, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan30 min
Aug 8, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring33 min
Aug 8, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring15 min
Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike30 min
Aug 8, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring35 min
Aug 8, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk44 min
Aug 8, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway32 min
Aug 8, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita26 min
Aug 8, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCalhoun48 min
Aug 8, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDallas29 min
Aug 8, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry29 min
Aug 8, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner28 min
Aug 8, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski32 min
Aug 8, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski30 min
Aug 8, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun27 min
Aug 8, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCalhoun60 min
Aug 8, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski, Saline34 min
Aug 8, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha27 min
Aug 8, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew23 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.