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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 27, 2001Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 11:12 PM CDT for Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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
May 27, 2001, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hot Spring County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2794 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
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

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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 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:30 PM CDT, 9 hours 42 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, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 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 35 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, 1 hour 4 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.

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Local storm report, May 27, 10:29 PM CDT, 43 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, 21 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.
Local storm report, May 27, 11:09 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1109 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1105 PM    5 S KIRBY                 AR   FLOOD
05/27/01   PIKE                           4 FEET OF WATER ON
                                          ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 27.
                                          NEARBY CAMPGROUNDS ON
  s                                        LAKE GREESON BEING
                                          EVACUATED. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas40 min
May 27, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery49 min
May 27, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe39 min
May 27, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe23 min
May 27, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike41 min
May 27, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe32 min
May 27, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk39 min
May 27, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike48 min
May 27, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe29 min
May 27, 10:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPike2 hr
May 27, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas45 min
May 27, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring39 min
May 27, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha44 min
May 27, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland42 min
May 27, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike38 min
May 27, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland42 min
May 27, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk44 min
May 27, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew49 min
May 27, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha48 min
May 28, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant45 min
May 28, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark45 min
May 28, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk51 min
May 28, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPike2 hr
May 28, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark46 min
May 28, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas50 min
May 28, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike43 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.