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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 27, 1994Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 1994, 3:57 PM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 1994, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 1994, 4:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Ashley County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 12:00Z on 1994-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 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 12:00Z on 1994-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 272158 RRA
SVRLIT
ARC003-272245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
357 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...ASHLEY COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
NORTH OF HAMBURG. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
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.
 
44/207

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 4:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFranklin50 min
Nov 27, 6:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Pope46 min
Nov 27, 7:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren69 min
Nov 27, 7:37 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren53 min
Nov 27, 7:51 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKStone39 min
Nov 27, 8:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp54 min
Nov 27, 9:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring46 min
Nov 27, 10:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline43 min
Nov 27, 10:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski48 min
Nov 27, 1:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita40 min
Nov 27, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas33 min
Nov 27, 1:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Jefferson56 min
Nov 27, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland37 min
Nov 27, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln48 min
Nov 27, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley52 min
Nov 27, 2:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKUnion35 min
Nov 27, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew42 min
Nov 27, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKUnion44 min

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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.