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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 4, 1989Calhoun County, Union County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 1989, 10:00 PM CST for Calhoun County, Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 1989, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 1989, 11:00 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, AR, Union County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 258 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1989-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1989-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
15.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.