Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 10:58 PM CDT for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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 27, 2001, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2001, 11:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Garland County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Pettyview, AR | Thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and power lines around Pettyview. |
| May 27, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Hempwallace, AR | Hail up to one inch in diameter fell for 6 minutes. |
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
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 2794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 1:30 PM CDT, 9 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:30 PM CDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 130 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001 MCS COMPLEX COULD AFFECT AR LATER TONIGHT WITH NW FLOW AND GOOD PVA INDICATED ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME WEAK OUTFLOW FROM NE TX CONVECTION EARLIER MAY SET OFF CONVECTION CENTRAL AND SOUTH THIS EVE SO PUT CHC POPS THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO LIKELY LATER WITH MAIN SYSTEM. MOS POPS PROBABLY TOO LOW FOR MON AND TUE AS ATMOS STILL UNSTABLE ENUF ESPECIALLY ON TUE WITH GOOD PVA AGAIN MOVING ACRS STATE IN NW FLOW. SHUD BE SCT TSTMS THRU WED AS UPPER SYSTEM OVER IL BEGINS TO FINALLY MOVE EAST BY END OF WEEK. (ZIEGENBEIN - MY LAST AFD/ZONES - RETIRING AFT@ER 32 YEARS) .LIT...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
848 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM CROCKETTS BLUFF AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 ARKANSAS HAIL RANGED FROM THE
SIZE OF WILD PLUMS TO
GOLFBALL SIZE. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.
0815 PM CROCKETTS BLUFF AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 ARKANSAS DIME TO NICKEL SIZE
HAIL. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0815 PM MT IDA AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MONTGOMERY WINDSHIELD BROKEN BY
HAIL JUST NORTH OF
TOWN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0827 PM 2 E MT IDA AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MONTGOMERY DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, May 27, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
859 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM HOLLY GROVE AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MONROE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, May 27, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM DAISY AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.Local storm report, May 27, 10:08 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1008 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0937 PM DAISY AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE EVENT DURATION 3
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0938 PM 5 S KIRBY AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PIKE IN THE COWHIDE AREA.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
lLocal storm report, May 27, 10:29 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1029 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 PM 5 SSW KIRBY AR WIND DAMAGE
05/27/01 PIKE LARGE LIMBS DOWN AT
COWHIDE COVE ON LAKE
GREESON. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, May 27, 10:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1051 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM 5 SSW KIRBY AR FLOOD
05/27/01 PIKE WATER OVER ARKANSAS
HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN
MURFREESBORO AND KIRBY.
WATER POURING OFF THE
HILL AT COWHIDE COVE.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 40 min |
| May 27, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 39 min |
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 23 min |
| May 27, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 41 min |
| May 27, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 32 min |
| May 27, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 39 min |
| May 27, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 48 min |
| May 27, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 29 min |
| May 27, 10:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pike | 2 hr |
| May 27, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 45 min |
| May 27, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 39 min |
| May 27, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 44 min |
| May 27, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 42 min |
| May 27, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 38 min |
| May 27, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 48 min |
| May 27, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 44 min |
| May 27, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 49 min |
| May 27, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 48 min |
| May 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 45 min |
| May 28, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 45 min |
| May 28, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 51 min |
| May 28, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pike | 2 hr |
| May 28, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 46 min |
| May 28, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 50 min |
| May 28, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.