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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 309, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 17, 2014Lonoke County, Pulaski County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT for Lonoke County, Pulaski County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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 17, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lonoke County, AR, Pulaski County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 2:40 PM CDT, 24 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
240 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-171000-
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-
240 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAINFALL WILL
BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS EVENING...BEFORE
SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON SUNDAY...
AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS...BEFORE STALLING.
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE THE
WEEK...BEFORE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM GETS PUSHED OUT OF THE REGION
WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS BACK TO
THE REGION MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 1:47 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 1:49 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike29 min
Aug 17, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski29 min
Aug 17, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski30 min
Aug 17, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski19 min
Aug 17, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski27 min
Aug 17, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski37 min
Aug 17, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski30 min
Aug 17, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie24 min
Aug 17, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski46 min
Aug 17, 2:23 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski3 hr
Aug 17, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski30 min
Aug 17, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLawrence47 min
Aug 17, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff33 min
Aug 17, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski44 min
Aug 17, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe41 min
Aug 17, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIzard47 min
Aug 17, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe31 min
Aug 17, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline44 min
Aug 17, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIzard46 min
Aug 17, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe34 min
Aug 17, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKStone31 min
Aug 17, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski32 min
Aug 17, 5:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPulaski110 min

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.