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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 5, 1995Jackson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1995, 12:31 AM CDT for Jackson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1455 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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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, Jul 4, 7:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
ARZ003>005-012-013-020>022-030-037-038-040-040300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
751 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 712 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
ABOUT THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS.

AT 745 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. THIS
LINE WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS
EVENING.

STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER
CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ARZ006>009-014>018-023>028-031>036-039-041>075-050430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1033 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 715 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM FOR A LAGRE
PORTION OF ARKANSAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS
OF ARKANSAS. THE AREA AFFECTED IS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE THAT
EXTENDS FROM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME TO RUSSELLVILLE TO NEAR MENA. AREAS
NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE ARE STILL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. THIS MEANS THAT
EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE IS CURRENTLY UNDER SOME TYPE OF WEATHER WATCH.

AT 1040 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
ARKANSAS. THIS LINE OF STROMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. THIS LINE WILL
BEGIN TO AFFECT CENTRAL ARKANSAS BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

PERSONS IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST TO THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. TUNE TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BE READY TO ACT QUICKY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY.

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:49 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone60 min
Jul 4, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton58 min
Jul 4, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion65 min
Jul 4, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFranklin61 min
Jul 4, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Searcy56 min
Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan95 min
Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott95 min
Jul 4, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone67 min
Jul 4, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKStone29 min
Jul 4, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland66 min
Jul 4, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pope, Yell66 min
Jul 4, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren66 min
Jul 4, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry67 min
Jul 4, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski, Saline80 min
Jul 4, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne80 min
Jul 4, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike59 min
Jul 4, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence55 min
Jul 4, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland27 min
Jul 5, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite58 min
Jul 5, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke58 min
Jul 5, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence39 min
Jul 5, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie, Woodruff62 min
Jul 5, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski30 min
Jul 5, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson51 min
Jul 5, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland3 hr
Jul 5, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson3 hr
Jul 5, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKDesha, Lincoln3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.