1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 19, 7:00 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 800 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002 APPEARS THAT ANY CONVECTION OVERNIGHT WILL BE SCATTERED. ALSO...MAIN INSTABILITY AXIS RUNNING FROM WESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. GIVEN THIS...OPTED TO REMOVE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME. WENT PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...REST OF FORECAST ON TRACK. (46) .LZK...NONE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
810 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM BRYANT AR .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/02 SALINE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0440 PM 2 N RISON AR .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/02 CLEVELAND REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0440 PM 2 N RISON AR WIND DAMAGE
07/19/02 CLEVELAND TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 133.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0515 PM STAR CITY AR .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/02 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0525 PM 6 S STAR CITY AR WIND DAMAGE
07/19/02 LINCOLN LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
POWER OUT IN THE AREA AS
WELL. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER
46The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and limbs. One of the trees fell onto and house and caused some minor damage. A carport also sustained some roof damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5311507.