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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 31, 2001Independence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2001, 2:57 AM CDT for Independence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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 31, 2001, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2001, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Independence County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 19.8

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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 30, 3:35 PM CDT, 11 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:35 PM CDT, 11 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
335 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS
OVER ARKANSAS. OLD BOUNDARY REMAINS GENERALLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AFTERNOON HEATING MAKING ATMOSPHERE EVEN MORE
UNSTABLE. WILL GO WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FORECAST AREA FOR
TONIGHT. SPC ISSUING TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN COUNTIES AS 4 PM.
COLD FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE ON
THURSDAY. WILL KEEP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FORECAST AREA
FOR THURSDAY...WITH CHANCES DECREASING FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE
FRONT PROGRESSES FARTHER DURING THE DAY. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
LOOK TO BE PARTLY CLOUDY. AVN INDICATING ANOTHER FAST MOVING FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE SOMEWHAT
LIMITED...BUT WILL INCLUDE SMALL POPS IN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY LOOK DRY. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. NGM MOS POPS AND TEMPERATURES GENERALLY
REASONABLE. (22)

.LIT...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 9:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
906 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0655 PM    1 N MURFREESBORO          AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   PIKE                           TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          MURFREESBORO POLICE

0720 PM    HOT SPGS                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   GARLAND                        IN DOWNTOWN HOT
                                          SPRINGS. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

0738 PM    1 SW ROCKPORT             AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   HOT SPRING                     GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
                                          LARGER. REPORTED BY
                                          MAVLERN POLICE.

0805 PM    SHERIDAN                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   GRANT                          GROCERY STORE DAMAGED.
                                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

0840 PM    PANSY                     AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   CLEVELAND                      LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

0853 PM    EAGLE MILLS               AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   OUACHITA                       REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

Local storm report, May 30, 9:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
909 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0735 PM    BISMARCK                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   HOT SPRING                     TRAILER HOME DESTROYED.

Local storm report, May 30, 9:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
946 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0840 PM    PINE BLUFF                AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   JEFFERSON                      POWER LINES DOWN.
                                          HANGAR BLOWN DOWN.
                                          SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE AND
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

0840 PM    PINE BLUFF                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
0@5/30/01   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, May 30, 9:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
950 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0933 PM    MONTICELLO                AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   DREW                           AWNINGS AND SMALL TREES
                                          DOWN ON EAST SIDE OF
                                          MONTICELLO. REPORTED BY
                                          STATE POLICE.

Local storm report, May 30, 9:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
956 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0833 PM    4 N AMY                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   OUACHITA                       REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

0907 PM    GARNETT                   AR   .88 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   qLINCOLN                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, May 30, 10:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1045 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

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

0759 PM    SPARKMAN                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   DALLAS                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0853 PM    15 NE RISON               AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   CLEVELAND                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          STATE POLICE.

0910 PM    10 S RISON                AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   CLEVELAND                      REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

1015 PM    4 SW THORNTON             AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/01   CALHOUN                        REPORTED BY GOVERNMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

1015 PM    4 SW THORNTON             AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01   CALHOUN                        FEW SMALL TREES AND
                                          LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY GOVERNMENT
      k                                    OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	53 min
May 30, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	63 min
May 30, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	37 min
May 30, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant	43 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	52 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas	52 min
May 30, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Lincoln	43 min
May 30, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	41 min
May 30, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	26 min
May 30, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Jefferson	67 min
May 30, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant	26 min
May 30, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	64 min
May 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lincoln	59 min
May 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	62 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Drew	60 min
May 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	60 min
May 30, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	34 min
May 30, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	47 min
May 31, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	24 min
May 31, 2:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	3 hr
May 31, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	46 min
May 31, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	30 min
May 31, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	48 min
May 31, 4:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Ouachita	3 hr
May 31, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun	116 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.