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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 19, 2017Conway County, Pope County, Van Buren County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2017, 1:42 AM CDT for Conway County, Pope County, Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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 19, 2017, 1:42 AM CDT (06:42 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2017, 2:19 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Conway County, AR, Pope County, AR, Van Buren County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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
May 18, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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 18, 10:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 10:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 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 19, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Scott	56 min
May 19, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Newton	65 min
May 19, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	53 min
May 19, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	62 min
May 19, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone	30 min
May 19, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	50 min
May 19, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	40 min
May 19, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, White	52 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	38 min
May 19, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	48 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	48 min
May 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Van Buren	47 min
May 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	45 min
May 19, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	41 min
May 19, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski	48 min
May 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Fulton, Izard	50 min
May 19, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	53 min
May 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, White	45 min
May 19, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	43 min
May 19, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	48 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.