Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 123
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 26, 2000, 7:45 PM CST for 37 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2000, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2000, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
31 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Red River | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring, Pike | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 8:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Morris, Titus | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Drew | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 11:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 46 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Newton | 6 hr |
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.