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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 20, 2018Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2018, 12:44 AM CDT for Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2018, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2018, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson 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 Aug 20, 12:10 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 12:10 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
446 PM CDT Sun Aug 19 2018

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-201000-
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-
446 PM CDT Sun Aug 19 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected to expand in coverage across the area
the rest of the afternoon and continue through the evening and
overnight hours. Some strong and severe storms are possible...with
damaging winds in excess of 60 mph the primary threat.
However...a few tornadoes and large hail will also be possible.
The best chances for seeing severe weather will be across the
northern and northwest portion of the area...though some strong to
severe thunderstorms will remain possible further south. Locally
heavy rainfall will be a more probable threat...which may result
in an increased threat for isolated flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday Through Saturday

Thunderstorms will remain in the forecast through late Monday.
Some strong to briefly severe thunderstorms will be possible
across the area during this period...with strong winds the main
severe weather threat with the strongest storms. Some areas of
heavy rainfall will be more probable concern given some recent
heavy rainfall. This may result in increased threat for localized
flash flooding.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activity may be needed across northern and northwest
portions of the area late this afternoon and this evening.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 11:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 11:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMonroe3 hr
Aug 19, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPope, Van Buren21 min
Aug 19, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike56 min
Aug 19, 7:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Pope, Van Buren4 hr
Aug 19, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy, Van Buren56 min
Aug 19, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope51 min
Aug 19, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring59 min
Aug 19, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Van Buren55 min
Aug 19, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Stone, Van Buren55 min
Aug 19, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Montgomery and 3 more29 min
Aug 19, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy, Van Buren42 min
Aug 19, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone63 min
Aug 19, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline32 min
Aug 19, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Stone, Van Buren4 hr
Aug 19, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDallas, Grant53 min
Aug 19, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren43 min
Aug 19, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKConway25 min
Aug 19, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry, Pulaski, Saline23 min
Aug 19, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDallas37 min
Aug 19, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Sharp, Stone49 min
Aug 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski35 min
Aug 19, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Van Buren, White47 min
Aug 19, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White50 min
Aug 19, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, Sharp50 min
Aug 19, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White26 min
Aug 19, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp49 min
Aug 19, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Van Buren3 hr
Aug 19, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, White33 min
Aug 19, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie15 min
Aug 19, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Sharp41 min
Aug 19, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie, White, Woodruff23 min
Aug 19, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe29 min
Aug 20, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson33 min
Aug 20, 6:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha92 min
Aug 20, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe40 min
Aug 20, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite24 min
Aug 20, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner26 min
Aug 20, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite31 min
Aug 20, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff36 min
Aug 20, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha42 min
Aug 20, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew54 min
Aug 20, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff30 min
Aug 20, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski, Saline37 min
Aug 20, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff32 min
Aug 20, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWoodruff27 min
Aug 20, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie48 min
Aug 20, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff30 min
Aug 20, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.