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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 14, 2001Bradley County, Calhoun County, Cleveland County, Arkansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 12:10 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECountywide, ARThunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines across the county.
Jun 15, 12:35 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ERison, ARThunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of several buildings in Rison.
Jun 15, 12:35 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWarren, ARSeveral 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2887 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Newton66 min
Jun 14, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott61 min
Jun 14, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion53 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Yell67 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton67 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan67 min
Jun 14, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter45 min
Jun 14, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion, Searcy50 min
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike, Polk45 min
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott45 min
Jun 14, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Izard54 min
Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Perry, Yell66 min
Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark66 min
Jun 14, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope66 min
Jun 14, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard40 min
Jun 14, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp42 min
Jun 14, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren60 min
Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline59 min
Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita59 min
Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry, Pulaski59 min
Jun 14, 11:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIzard, Searcy, Sharp, Stone113 min
Jun 14, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone47 min
Jun 14, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence56 min
Jun 15, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, White57 min
Jun 15, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Pulaski57 min
Jun 15, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie60 min
Jun 15, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew, Lincoln66 min
Jun 15, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson61 min
Jun 15, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff60 min
Jun 15, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.