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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 419, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 4:53 PM CDT for Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 24, 2001, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prairie County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Beulah, AR |
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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 753 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 Oct 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 LEFT OVER WEATHER WILL BE THE FIRST CONCERN. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE OVER BY 00Z THU...BUT I WILL NEED TO HAVE SOME MENTION OF IT EARLY. COOLING DOES NOT SHOW UP AS STRONG AS GUIDANCE HAD WITH EARLIER PACKAGES. STRONG GRADIENT WILL KEEP THE AIR MIXED SO IT WILL COUNTERACT A BIT THE COLD ADVECTION. WINDY TONIGHT WITH CAUTION ADVISED ON LAKES FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. NORTHWEST ZONES WILL BE CLEAR RIGHT OFF THE BAT WITH THE REMAINING ZONES CLEARING DURING THE NIGHT. DRY AIR WILL KEEP SUNNY/CLEAR SKIES FROM THURSDAY ON INTO THE EXTENDED. AVN SURFACE WINDS SHOW GRADIENT STAYING UP MOST OF THE TIME DURING THE SHORT RANGE FORECAST...SO TOOK OUT THE MENTION OF FREEZE OR FROST SINCE TEMPS WILL STAY UP ALONG WITH THE WINDS. IN THE EXTENDED...KEPT THE CHANCE OF FROST FOR SUNDAY ACROSS THE NORTH ONLY. 32 .LIT...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Oct 24, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
ARZ007-016-024-025-032>034-242130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 350 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 798 WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...FAULKNER...CLEBURNE...AND SHARP... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 798 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS... ...INDEPENDENCE...JACKSON...WHITE...AND WOODRUFF... AT 350 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED FROM NEAR TUCKERMAN TO SEARCY TO NEAR CABOT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 22
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 4:03 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
ARZ007-016-025-033-034-045>047-056-057-064-065-250000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 403 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EASTERN ARKANSAS INTO EARLY EVENING... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS. THESE STORMS DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...TAKING THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. DUE TO STRONG WINDS ALOFT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME LARGE HAIL AS WELL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL BE NEEDED UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. 28
Local storm report, Oct 24, 4:14 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
414 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0235 PM 2 E MAMMOTH SPG AR .75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 FULTON REPORTED BY POST OFFICE.
0243 PM HARDY AR WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 SHARP TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0245 PM CHEROKEE VLG AR WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 SHARP TREE DOWN AT HIGHLAND.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0255 PM CAVE CITY AR WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 SHARP TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0338 PM OIL TROUGH AR 57 MPH TSTM GUST
10/24/01 INDEPENDENCE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Oct 24, 4:22 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
422 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0407 PM GARNER AR WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01 WHITE TREE THROUGH THE ROOF
OF A HOUSE. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, Oct 24, 4:50 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
450 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM 4 W GRUBBS AR .88 INCH HAIL
10/24/01 JACKSON 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 28 min |
| Oct 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 32 min |
| Oct 24, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 19 min |
| Oct 24, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 43 min |
| Oct 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 32 min |
| Oct 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 21 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.