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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 14, 2000Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 3:57 PM CDT for Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 14, 2000, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faulkner County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLZK 142058
SVRLIT
ARC045-145-142200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
357 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ENOLA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF
  GREENBRIER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT VERNON AROUND 405 PM CDT
  ROSE BUD AROUND 410 PM CDT
  LETONA AND PANGBURN AROUND 435 PM CDT
  BALD KNOB AROUND 455 PM CDT
  BRADFORD AND RUSSELL AROUND 500 PM CDT

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE WARNING AREA IS STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS. SOME DAMAGE MAY OCCUR SUCH AS DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES. THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL IN SOME AREAS. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren45 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Van Buren65 min
Jun 14, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Saline55 min
Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.