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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 29, 20164 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 29, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR

The radar

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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 6:45 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:45 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 5:00 AM CDT, 14 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
429 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNE KERR              34.81N  92.04W
07/29/2016                   LONOKE             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG KERR RD NORTH
            OF INTERSTATE 40.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LZK1600078

JHOOD

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
456 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

ARZ043-044-055-056-292245-
SALINE AR-JEFFERSON AR-PULASKI AR-GRANT AR-
456 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN SALINE AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 455 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CANE CREEK...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERIDAN...                       REDFIELD...
PINE BLUFF ARSENAL...             EAST END...
CANE CREEK...                     HENSLEY ISLAND...
ORION...                          BELFAST...
SARDIS...                         CLEAR LAKE...
JEFFERSON...                      BREDLOW CORNER...
KEARNEY...                        CENTER GROVE...
F.B. BAUGH RECREATION AREA...     TAR CAMP PARK...
WRIGHT...                         HENSLEY...
DEXTER...                         WOODSON...

LAT...LON 3428 9221 3432 9252 3440 9251 3460 9238
      3453 9203 3449 9203 3433 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 295DEG 17KT 3446 9238

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
547 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

ARZ037-040-292330-
SCOTT AR-POLK AR-
547 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN
POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 546 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BEAUCHAMP...OR 16 MILES WEST OF WALDRON...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL FROM PEA UP TO HALF INCH AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALDRON...                        BEAUCHAMP...
OLIVER...                         QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK...
MORGAN SPRINGS...                 MOUNTAIN FORK...
BATES...                          ACORN...
BLACK FORK...                     BLACK FORK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS...
RICH MOUNTAIN...                  CAUTHRON...
EAGLETON...                       Y CITY...
HON...                            WINFIELD...
BOLES...                          NEEDMORE...
PARKS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 9444 3497 9396 3463 9396 3464 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 272DEG 23KT 3481 9436

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:54 PM CDT, 41 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
Jul 29, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark	33 min
Jul 29, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	46 min
Jul 29, 8:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott	42 min
Jul 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	27 min
Jul 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike	26 min
Jul 30, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Van Buren	39 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Yell	33 min
Jul 30, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	52 min
Jul 30, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	39 min
Jul 30, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk	41 min
Jul 30, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	17 min
Jul 30, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	39 min
Jul 30, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Polk	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	25 min
Jul 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring	24 min
Jul 30, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	30 min
Jul 30, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	25 min
Jul 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	47 min
Jul 30, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	30 min
Jul 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Saline	28 min
Jul 30, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	32 min
Jul 30, 5:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	3 hr
Jul 30, 5:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Perry, Pulaski, Saline	3 hr
Jul 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	50 min
Jul 30, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	23 min
Jul 30, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Drew, Lincoln	39 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.