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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

September 21, 2018Fulton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Sep 21, 2018, 7:37 AM CDT for Fulton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2018, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

County Fulton County, AR

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 21, 6:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 6:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 4:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
423 AM CDT Fri Sep 21 2018

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000-
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-
423 AM CDT Fri Sep 21 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop during the day
and overnight, especially across areas along and north of the
interstate 30/highway 67 corridor. Heavy rainfall, with a
corresponding flash flood potential, will be a threat late
tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday Through Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms, some producing heavy rainfall will
continue to affect the same areas Saturday through Sunday.
The flash flooding threat will continue through at least early
Sunday. Unsettled weather conditions will continue into early next
week.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation may be required late tonight through Sunday
morning.

&&

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:37 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter29 min
Sep 21, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne31 min
Sep 21, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson29 min
Sep 21, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway47 min
Sep 21, 4:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Stone118 min
Sep 21, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPerry, Saline, Yell3 hr
Sep 21, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKYell3 hr
Sep 21, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKClark, Pike3 hr

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.