Special Weather Statement
NWS Little Rock AR ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Northwestern Pike, Polk And Southwestern Montgomery Counties Through 715 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 635 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Mena Intermountain Airport, or near Mena, moving east at 20 mph.
Hazard
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Mena... Wickes... Grannis... Hatfield... Vandervoort... Opal... Little Missouri Falls Recreatio...Cossatot River State Park... Polk County Fairgrounds... Mena Intermountain Airport... Mccauley... Shady... Hartley... Bard Springs Recreation Area... Caney Creek Wilderness... Cove... Big Fork... Board Camp... Ink... Pine Ridge...
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Pike County, AR
- Polk County Lower Elevations
- Central and Eastern Montgomery County
- Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations
- Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Little Rock AR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~59s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M335734YW6XN303FTNRFM9SE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.edb22346f5b974eee329df5f1581fb7af8907809.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Little Rock AR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLZK
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9827
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSLZK |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KLZK 212335 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Pike, Polk and southwestern Montgomery Counties through 715 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T23:35:00-00:00...storm...281DEG...17KT...34.52,-94.21 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pike County, AR
- Polk County Lower Elevations
- Central and Eastern Montgomery County
- Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations
- Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 005109 |
| SAME | 005113 |
| SAME | 005097 |
| UGC | ARZ052 |
| UGC | ARZ140 |
| UGC | ARZ141 |
| UGC | ARZ340 |
| UGC | ARZ341 |
- Polygons
- 34.43,-94.46 34.55,-94.41 34.59,-94.38 34.6,-94.34 34.6,-94.25 34.59,-93.89 34.22,-93.89 34.22,-93.93 34.35,-93.94 34.36,-94.25 34.19,-94.25 34.19,-94.47 34.43,-94.46