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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 31, 20134 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2013, 3:58 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 62 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: May 31, 2013, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Saline County, AR

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 May 31, 3:58 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:58 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 8:47 PM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
847 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-311000-
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-
847 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON
FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE
NATIONS MID SECTION. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
POSSIBLY SEVERE...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BUT THE TORNADO
THREAT CAN NOT BE DISCOUNTED ENTIRELY.

IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS...THE MOISTURE LADEN
AIR MASS COULD ALSO LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FRIDAY.

THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ON
SATURDAY FINALLY ALLOWING A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT TO ADVANCE INTO
THE STATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE BOUNDARY AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN CONCERN. THE AREA
OF CONCERN WILL BE ALONG THE BOUNDARY ITSELF AND WILL COVER A MUCH
LARGER AREA THAN TODAY OR FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

&&

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

Local storm report, May 31, 2:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 2:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 2:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 3:17 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 3:37 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:42 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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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
May 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline	38 min
May 30, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	46 min
May 30, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell	50 min
May 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	47 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Polk, Scott and 1 more	3 hr
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Perry, Pulaski, Saline	30 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline	42 min
May 30, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	34 min
May 30, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring	45 min
May 30, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	44 min
May 30, 8:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Saline	3 hr
May 30, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	47 min
May 30, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, White	40 min
May 30, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	51 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	60 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	35 min
May 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring	61 min
May 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	45 min
May 30, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	3 hr
May 30, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski	64 min
May 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski	47 min
May 30, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	3 hr
May 30, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant, Saline	52 min
May 30, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	49 min
May 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	45 min
May 30, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	39 min
May 30, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	48 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	47 min
May 30, 10:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike and 5 more	4 hr
May 30, 10:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	36 hr
May 30, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	49 min
May 30, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	40 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	49 min
May 30, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	47 min
May 30, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	50 min
May 30, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	43 min
May 30, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, White	40 min
May 30, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	39 min
May 30, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton	53 min
May 31, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	36 min
May 31, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	61 min
May 31, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, White	48 min
May 31, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	31 min
May 31, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	37 min
May 31, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	46 min
May 31, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	47 min
May 31, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	47 min
May 31, 2:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	6 hr
May 31, 2:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more	3 hr
May 31, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	45 min
May 31, 3:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Izard, Pope, Searcy, Stone and 1 more	5 hr
May 31, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	63 min
May 31, 3:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Stone, White and 1 more	5 hr
May 31, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	43 min
May 31, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	43 min
May 31, 6:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	28 hr
May 31, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	26 hr
May 31, 12:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	15 days

Nearby

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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.