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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 31, 2001Monroe County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2001, 5:43 PM CST for Monroe County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 31, 2001, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2001, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Monroe County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 31, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
340 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001

FORECAST CONCERNS: TEMPERATURES AND RAIN CHANCES

LATEST SFC DATA SHOWS COLD FRONT RUNNING FROM N-CNTRL AR BACK INTO
NERN TX. SCATTERED CONVECTION FIRED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT EARLIER THIS AFTN AND CONTINUES OVER THE ERN HALF OF AR.

MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH OVERALL FORECAST THRU THE PERIOD.
UPPER TROF PASSING TO THE NORTH OF AR WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EWD
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD INTO
THE CENTRAL U.S OVER TIME AS A TROF FORMS ALONG THE WEST COAST IN
THE EXTENDED PD.

FOR TONIGHT...COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EWD THRU THE REST OF
THE FA. WILL CARRY LINGERING POPS THIS EVENING FOR MY ERN ZONES.
COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN OVERNIGHT AS CLOUDS DECREASE.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS HIGH CENTER BUILDS IN FROM THE
PLAINS. LOOKS LIKE SPEEDS WILL STAY BELOW ADVY CRITERIA MOST
LOCATIONS THIS EVENING.

EXPECT A QUIET DAY ON SUNDAY AS SURFACE HIGH QUICKLY SLIDES ACROSS
THE FA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE SLY LATER IN THE DAY. WEAK
UPPER SYSTEM DROPPING SEWD IN THE UPPER FLOW WILL BRING INCREASING
HIGH CLOUDS TO THE REGION SUNDAY AFTN.

STALLED FRONT TO THE SOUTH OF AR WILL BEGIN TO LIFT BACK NWD INTO
THE FA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MODELS STILL SHOWING INCREASING WAA
AND ISENTROPIC LIFT SETTING UP OVER CNTRL AND SRN AR LATER SUNDAY
NIGHT AND SHIFTING NWD ON MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE TREND OF PREVIOUS
FORECAST AND CARRY SOME SMALL POPS OVER SRN HALF OF THE FA LATER
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EVERYWHERE MONDAY.

USED A BLEND OF THE NGM AND AVN MOS TEMPS FOR ALL PERIODS.

IN THE EXTENDED...RATHER ACTIVE PATTERN SETTING UP FOR THE FA. WEAK
FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA ON TUESDAY. GOOD WARMUP NOTED
ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE SEWD AND STALL NEAR THE AR/MO
BORDER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY WORK FURTHER
SEWD ON SATURDAY.  ..44..

.LIT...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:10 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-010100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1210 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON...

A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS AT MIDDAY. THE FRONT
WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE
FRONT MOVES INTO WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER
ARKANSAS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP.

AT THE SAME TIME...COLD AIR ALOFT WILL BE ADDING TO THE INSTABILITY
OVER THE STATE. AS DAYTIME HEATING TAKES PLACE AND THE FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE STATE...THERE EXISTS A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY
BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

EVERYONE IS URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. KEEP ADVISED ON THE LATEST
WEATHER FORECASTS THIS AFTERNOON FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

32/44

Local storm report, Mar 31, 2:49 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
249 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001

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

1225 PM    PARON                     AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   SALINE                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0100 PM    BRYANT                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   SALINE                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0140 PM    10 NW HEBER SPGS          AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   CLEBURNE                       HAIL REPORTED IN THE
                                          TOWN OF GREERS FERRY.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0155 PM    3 SW HEBER SPGS           AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   CLEBURNE                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0156 PM    REDFIELD                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY LAW
    %                                      ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0246 PM    BALD KNOB                 AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   WHITE                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:05 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
305 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001

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

0300 PM    SEARCY                    AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   WHITE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0300 PM    JUDSONIA                  AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   WHITE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:04 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
404 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001

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

0220 PM    LETONA                    AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   WHITE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0317 PM    AUGUSTA                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   WOODRUFF                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0325 PM    PATTERSON                 AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   WOODRUFF                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Mar 31, 5:21 PM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
521 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001

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

0145 PM    SARDIS                    AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   SALINE                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0355 PM    ROSE BUD                  AR   1 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   WHITE                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0435 PM    BRINKLEY                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   MONROE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0450 PM    HICKORY PLAINS            AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   PRAIRIE                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 12:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	47 min
Mar 31, 12:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	54 min
Mar 31, 1:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Saline	60 min
Mar 31, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Van Buren	46 min
Mar 31, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	54 min
Mar 31, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	65 min
Mar 31, 2:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	66 min
Mar 31, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	45 min
Mar 31, 3:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	56 min
Mar 31, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	45 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	38 min
Mar 31, 4:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.