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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 24, 20175 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2017, 10:58 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 24, 2017, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Cleburne County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

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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 Mar 24, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 7:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
740 pM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000-
Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Newton-Searcy-Stone-Izard-
Independence-Johnson-Pope-Van Buren-Cleburne-Jackson-Logan-Conway-
Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Scott-Yell-Perry-Polk-Montgomery-Garland-
Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-
Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-Desha-Ouachita-
Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-
740 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms will continue to move eastward this evening, from
western sections of Arkansas, reaching eastern Arkansas during the
late evening hours. Damaging wind gusts can be expected with the
strongest storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday Through Thursday

Unsettled weather will continue through the period with several
additional storm systems expected to move across the area. There
will be a chance for some severe weather over western Arkansas
late Sunday and Monday...and then statewide on Wednesday.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and tonight.

&&

Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 8:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
856 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017

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

0811 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSEVILLE               35.38N 93.78W
03/23/2017                   LOGAN              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL AS SEVERAL
            STREET SIGNS. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH.

&&

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:58 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 10:20 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 10:53 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 10:54 PM CDT, 4 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
Mar 24, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton	47 min
Mar 24, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	41 min
Mar 24, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	29 min
Mar 24, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Saline	32 min
Mar 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	27 min
Mar 24, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland	30 min
Mar 24, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Saline	15 min
Mar 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	26 min
Mar 24, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring	40 min
Mar 24, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	45 min
Mar 24, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	37 min
Mar 24, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	40 min
Mar 24, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	28 min
Mar 24, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	39 min
Mar 25, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	41 min
Mar 25, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	61 min
Mar 25, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Prairie	41 min
Mar 25, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	41 min
Mar 25, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	47 min
Mar 25, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	48 min
Mar 25, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	9 days
Mar 25, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	11 days

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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.