Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 11:56 PM CDT for Bradley County, Calhoun County, Cleveland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2001, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Cleveland County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Countywide, AR | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines across the county. |
| Jun 15, 12:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Rison, AR | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of several buildings in Rison. |
| Jun 15, 12:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Warren, AR | Several buildings sustained roof damage in Warren. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2887 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KLZK 150457
SVRLIT
ARC011-013-025-150600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1156 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF RISON TO 25
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HAMPTON AROUND 1205 AM CDT
HARRELL AND KINGSLAND AROUND 1210 AM CDT
RISON AROUND 1215 AM CDT
HERMITAGE AND RYE AROUND 1230 AM 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
OF4FICE.
LAT...LON 3328 9203 3406 9195 3406 9244 3388 9238
3386 9234 3380 9235 3380 9258 3372 9258
3368 9264 3350 9275 3330 9244
$$
46The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion, Searcy | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike, Polk | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Yell | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Van Buren | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Searcy, Sharp, Stone | 113 min |
| Jun 14, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Stone | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.