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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 8, 2024Ouachita County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2024, 7:54 PM CDT for Ouachita County, Arkansas. It was in force for 21 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: Jul 8, 2024, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2024, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Ouachita County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 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
Jul 8, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	50 min
Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	50 min
Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	40 min
Jul 8, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark	18 min
Jul 8, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Saline	33 min
Jul 8, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	46 min
Jul 8, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	42 min
Jul 8, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Ouachita	3 hr
Jul 8, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	27 min
Jul 8, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Saline	23 min
Jul 8, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline	14 min
Jul 8, 10:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline	7 hr
Jul 8, 10:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	17 min
Jul 8, 11:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lonoke	14 min
Jul 8, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more	5 hr
Jul 8, 11:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	34 min
Jul 9, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	35 min
Jul 9, 1:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Prairie, White	11 min
Jul 9, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Prairie, White	3 hr
Jul 9, 1:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Woodruff	26 min
Jul 9, 3:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White	3 hr
Jul 9, 3:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope	3 hr
Jul 9, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp	28 min
Jul 9, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	31 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.