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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 22, 20204 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2020, 11:29 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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 22, 2020, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2020, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 22, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:47 AM CDT, 6 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 8:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 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 21, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	43 min
May 21, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	51 min
May 22, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	51 min
May 22, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson	31 min
May 22, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	45 min
May 22, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	16 min
May 22, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	44 min
May 22, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lincoln	41 min
May 22, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	39 min
May 22, 1:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	43 min
May 22, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln	32 min
May 22, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	38 min
May 22, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	48 min
May 22, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	42 min
May 22, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	41 min
May 22, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	35 min
May 22, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	46 min
May 22, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	51 min
May 22, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	46 min
May 22, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	22 min
May 22, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	51 min
May 22, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	48 min
May 22, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	13 min
May 22, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	49 min
May 22, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	48 min
May 22, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	45 min
May 22, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	41 min
May 22, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	49 min
May 22, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	48 min
May 22, 8:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	29 min
May 22, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	28 days
May 22, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Newton, Pope	41 min
May 22, 11:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk	22 min
May 22, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone and 1 more	39 min
May 22, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	47 min
May 22, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	28 min
May 22, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence, Lawrence, Randolph	34 min
May 22, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	28 min
May 22, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	50 min
May 22, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	35 min
May 22, 3:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Woodruff	12 min
May 22, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	38 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.