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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 12, 2020Logan County, Scott County, Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2020, 5:44 PM CDT for Logan County, Scott County, Yell 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2020, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2020, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, AR, Scott County, AR, Yell 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 Apr 12, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 2:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 5:42 PM CDT, 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
Apr 11, 8:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	21 days
Apr 12, 3:17 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Desha, Drew and 21 more	28 hr
Apr 12, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner	36 min
Apr 12, 4:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	52 min
Apr 12, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha, Lincoln	48 min
Apr 12, 7:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	25 min
Apr 12, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	47 min
Apr 12, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun	22 min
Apr 12, 8:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas	28 min
Apr 12, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	27 min
Apr 12, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	26 min
Apr 12, 9:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant, Jefferson	24 min
Apr 12, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	49 hr
Apr 12, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun	32 min
Apr 12, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley	29 min
Apr 12, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan, Scott	18 min
Apr 12, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Newton and 4 more	54 min
Apr 12, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	39 min
Apr 12, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk and 1 more	52 min
Apr 12, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Johnson, Montgomery, Perry and 5 more	49 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.