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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 3, 2000Independence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 11:55 AM CST for Independence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2000, 11:55 AM CST (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 12:15 PM CST
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Independence County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 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 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
513 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 031755
SVRLIT
ARC063-031815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1155 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1154 AM CST... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF NEWPORT OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEWARK...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CORD                         AROUND 1205 PM CST...
DOWDY                        AROUND 1210 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNjED 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.

45/28

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne33 min
Jan 3, 4:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan47 min
Jan 3, 5:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Scott, Yell49 min
Jan 3, 5:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton48 min
Jan 3, 5:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Searcy, Van Buren65 min
Jan 3, 5:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKNewton, Searcy46 min
Jan 3, 6:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott49 min
Jan 3, 6:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Stone62 min
Jan 3, 6:27 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKScott48 min
Jan 3, 6:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton49 min
Jan 3, 6:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk65 min
Jan 3, 6:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard46 min
Jan 3, 6:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan48 min
Jan 3, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp51 min
Jan 3, 7:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan49 min
Jan 3, 7:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott49 min
Jan 3, 7:30 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKIndependence50 min
Jan 3, 8:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell51 min
Jan 3, 9:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway52 min
Jan 3, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKConway35 min
Jan 3, 9:56 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Van Buren34 min
Jan 3, 10:06 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKCleburne49 min
Jan 3, 10:21 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKStone34 min
Jan 3, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski35 min
Jan 3, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner32 min
Jan 3, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.