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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 30, 1993Montgomery County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1993, 4:20 PM CST for Montgomery County, Arkansas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 1993, 4:20 PM CST (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1993, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Montgomery County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 259 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 302221
SVRLIT
ARC097-302315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
420 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 418 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT
IDA MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS
HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES LARGE HAIL
CONTINUING IN THE STORM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
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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 30, 1:01 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

OKZ032-034-ARZ001-004-007-302000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
101 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS ALSO NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TIL 700 PM CST...

AT 1255 PM CST FORT SMITH RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS IN DELAWARE AND ADAIR
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THESE  SHOWERS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING
OF STRONGER STORMS TO COME AS THE DAY WEARS ON.  VERY UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS EXIST OVER THE WATCH AREA AND PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS ~AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...05...

Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
130 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1992

845 AM...VAN BUREN COUNTY...4 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
     HAMS.

850 AM...STONE COUNTY...3 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...PEA SIZE HAIL
     WITH THE GROUND COVERED...FROM COOP OBSVR.

1035 AM...OUACHITA COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
     CAMDEN PD.

1210 PM...SALINE COUNTY...NEAR EAST END...THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL COVERING THE
     GROUND...FROM HAMS.

1235 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF CABOT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...PUBLIC
     REPORT.

1230 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...CABOT...DIME SIZE HAIL...LOTS OF HAIL...TORRENTIAL
     RAIN...PUBLIC REPORT TO COUNTY SHERIFF.

1257 PM...MONROE COUNTY...NORTH OF CLARENDON...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM FORREST
     CITY ASP.

1250 PM...WHITE COUNTY...BEEBE...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM LOCAL RADIO STATION.

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1239 AM CST...PRAIRIE COUNTY...STUTTGART AIRPORT WHICH IS LOCATED IN
     EXTREME SOUTHERN PRAIRIE COUNTY...ONE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND
     TWO OTHERS SUSTAINED DAMAGE. A NUMBER OF TREES AND POWERS LINES
     WERE KNOCKED DOWN. A FARM HOUSE AND SEVERAL STORAGE BUILDINGS NEAR
     THE AIRPORT WERE DAMAGED. FROM ARKANSAS STATE POLICE AND AIRPORT
     MANAGER.

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:26 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TO DELETE LAST FEW LINES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
130 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1992

845 AM...VAN BUREN COUNTY...4 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
     HAMS.

850 AM...STONE COUNTY...3 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...PEA SIZE HAIL
     WITH THE GROUND COVERED...FROM COOP OBSVR.

1035 AM...OUACHITA COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
     CAMDEN PD.

1210 PM...SALINE COUNTY...NEAR EAST END...THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL COVERING THE
     GROUND...FROM HAMS.

1235 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF CABOT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...PUBLIC
     REPORT.

1230 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...CABOT...DIME SIZE HAIL...LOTS OF HAIL...TORRENTIAL
     RAIN...PUBLIC REPORT TO COUNTY SHERIFF.

1257 PM...MONROE COUNTY...NORTH OF CLARENDON...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM FORREST
     CITY ASP.

1250 PM...WHITE COUNTY...BEEBE...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM LOCAL RADIO STATION.

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:01 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

OKZ032-034-ARZ001-004-007-302100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
201 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ALSO EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TIL 700 PM...

AT 155 PM CST FORT SMITH WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST HOUR IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE
FAYETTEVILLE SPRINGDALE AREAS.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.  FURTHER
DEVELOPEMENT IS EXPECTED.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS PASSAGE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...05...

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 10:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Union	41 min
Mar 30, 12:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	43 min
Mar 30, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Carroll	45 min
Mar 30, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	59 min
Mar 30, 5:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone	44 min
Mar 30, 5:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope	56 min
Mar 30, 5:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton	49 min
Mar 30, 5:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Chicot	44 min
Mar 30, 5:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion	55 min
Mar 30, 5:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Van Buren	57 min
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	65 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.