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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 5, 2012Polk County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 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: Oct 5, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2012, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR

County Polk 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 Oct 5, 3:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 4:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
442 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-060945-
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-
442 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD OCCUR WITH THE FRONT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS ARE LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SUNDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 30S WILL BE SEEN
ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. AS A RESULT...IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME
AREAS WILL SEE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK
AND SOME PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MOST LIKELY
OCCUR IN SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS WHERE WINDS WILL BE THE
MOST CALM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 5, 3:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:00 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012

ARZ040-041-051130-
MONTGOMERY AR-POLK AR-
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...

AT 556 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF WICKES...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF
MENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MENA...               WICKES...             VANDERVOORT...
  POLK CNTY FAIRGNDS... MCCAULEY...
  LITTLE MISSOURI FALLS REC AREA...           LAKE MENA...
  HATFIELD...           HARTLEY...            GRANNIS...
  ALBERT PIKE REC AREA...                     SHADY...
  NUNLEY...             INK...                HATTON...
  DALLAS...             COVE...               BOARD CAMP...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3469 9411 3435 9384 3434 9387 3435 9388
      3435 9424 3420 9424 3419 9426 3419 9430
      3442 9447 3446 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 242DEG 26KT 3435 9429

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	43 min
Oct 5, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson	40 min
Oct 5, 11:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	57 min
Oct 5, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	59 min
Oct 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	44 min
Oct 5, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	47 min
Oct 5, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.