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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 17, 2016Dallas County, Grant County, Jefferson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 2016, 6:30 PM CST for Dallas County, Grant County, Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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: Dec 17, 2016, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2016, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dallas County, AR, Grant County, AR, Jefferson County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 17, 1:42 PM CST	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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 17, 6:28 PM CST, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 17, 6:28 PM CST, 2 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
Dec 17, 6:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	47 min
Dec 17, 6:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	40 min
Dec 17, 7:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke	20 min
Dec 17, 7:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	43 min
Dec 17, 7:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jefferson	25 min
Dec 17, 9:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Lincoln	48 min
Dec 17, 9:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Drew	64 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.