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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 6, 1992Lonoke County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 4:54 AM CST for Lonoke County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1992, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1992, 5:45 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Lonoke County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 294 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 469 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 061054
SVRLIT
ARC085-061145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
454 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...LONOKE COUNTY
 
AT 450 A.M. RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
ENGLAND. LARGE HAIL WAS INDICATED IN THIS STORM.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROO	M ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 12:48 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
ARZ005-006-008-010-060745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1247 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

AT 1245 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF
PINE BLUFF...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF ARKADELPHIA AND JUST WEST OF
GOULD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR AS
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF HOT SPRINGS TO NEAR CONWAY TO
SOUTHEAST OF HEBER SPRINGS WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. VERY
HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED ALONG THIS LINE DUE ITS SLOW MOVING NATURE.
SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 12:57 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
ARZ005-006-008-010-060745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO FIRST LINE...TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1247 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

AT 1245 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF
PINE BLUFF...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF ARKADELPHIA AND JUST WEST OF
GOULD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR AS
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF HOT SPRINGS TO NEAR CONWAY TO
SOUTHEAST OF HEBER SPRINGS WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. VERY
HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED ALONG THIS LINE DUE ITS SLOW MOVING NATURE.
SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFOmRMATION.

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 1:10 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
ARZ001-004-007-060815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
109 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

...AT 100 AM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR WEST AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AT 1 AM FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS... SOME HAIL AND
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE
STORMS.

NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED A9CROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS FOR THE REST OF THE
NIGHT BUT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSHOWERS.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:22 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
ARZ003-005-006-012-013-014-016-060930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
222 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

AT 215 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE
SOUTEHAST CORNER OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED TO
DIMINISH BOTH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 40 EXPIRED AS OF 1 AM.

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ON THE DECREASE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WILL STILL OBSERVE PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:32 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
ARZ003-005-006-012-013-014-016-060930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
222 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

AT 215 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE
SOUTEHAST CORNER OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED TO
DIMINISH BOTH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 40 EXPIRED AS OF 1 AM.

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ON THE DECREASE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WILL STILL OBSERVE PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO MFOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:21 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ARZ003-006-008-012-013-014-061030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
321 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

AT 320 AM...STRONG THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM CENTRAL THROUGH
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ALSO LOCATED ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30
MILES AN HOUR.

THE PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SMALL HAIL AROUND 315 AM ON CHENAL
PARKWAY IN WESTERN LITTLE ROCK. LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTED SOME LINES DOWN AND STRONG WINDS NEAR MARKHAM AND UNIVERSITY
IN THE CITY.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WILL
OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSHOWERS. BRIEF PERIODS OF URBAN
FLOODING MAY RESULT WITH THE HEAVY RAINS. COVERAGE OF THE
THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED TO DECREASE THIS HOUR...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
INTENSITY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 6:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton58 min
Mar 5, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark32 min
Mar 5, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke52 min
Mar 5, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland59 min
Mar 5, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite65 min
Mar 5, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence59 min
Mar 5, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie63 min
Mar 5, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas50 min
Mar 5, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion61 min
Mar 5, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff61 min
Mar 5, 7:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark68 min
Mar 5, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring54 min
Mar 5, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland58 min
Mar 5, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita63 min
Mar 5, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita48 min
Mar 5, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark28 min
Mar 5, 10:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring51 min
Mar 6, 5:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas37 min
Mar 6, 2:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren31 min
Mar 6, 2:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne61 min
Mar 6, 2:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner55 min
Mar 6, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite45 min
Mar 6, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKWhite45 min
Mar 6, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKWhite30 min
Mar 6, 4:13 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPrairie32 min
Mar 6, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPrairie33 min
Mar 6, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff38 min
Mar 6, 5:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski32 min
Mar 6, 5:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKRandolph41 min
Mar 6, 5:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke52 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.