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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 21, 1996Cleburne County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1996, 10:55 PM CDT for Cleburne County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 1996, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1996, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Cleburne County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 21, 11:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Pearson, AR

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 1996-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2431 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 1996-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
2431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
13.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 220356
SVRLIT
ARC023-220430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1055 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTY
 
AT 1054 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HEBER SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT
WILL TAKE THE STORM NEAR OR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF HEBER SPRINGS.
 
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 ROOM 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.
 
46

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant43 min
May 21, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski49 min
May 21, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland51 min
May 21, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner49 min
May 21, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott42 min
May 21, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell45 min
May 21, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope46 min
May 21, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery42 min
May 21, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland49 min
May 21, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway33 min
May 21, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring44 min
May 21, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry39 min
May 21, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery51 min
May 21, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring49 min
May 21, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope36 min
May 21, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway37 min
May 21, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike56 min
May 21, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark46 min
May 21, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite38 min
May 21, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope38 min
May 21, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike47 min
May 21, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita41 min
May 22, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike53 min
May 22, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope48 min
May 22, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland57 min
May 22, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway41 min
May 22, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.