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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 14, 2001Garland County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2001, 11:55 PM CDT for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 14, 2001, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2001, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Whole counties

County Garland County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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: 1865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 12.1

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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 Apr 14, 2:55 PM CDT, 9 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 2:55 PM CDT, 9 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
255 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

SATELLITE/RADAR LOOKING MORE CONVECTIVE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT AS SYSTEM ALOFT IN
SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES EAST AND INTERACTS WITH WARM FRONT MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

ON SUNDAY...COLD FRONT IN PLAINS WILL PUSH INTO STATE...WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT. AS FAR AS
TIMING...LOOKS LIKE FRONT WILL MAKE IT THROUGH NORTH/CENTRAL
ARKANSAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME CLEARING/BREEZY CONDITIONS
BEHIND FRONT. KEPT CLOUDS/CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTH MOST
OF THE DAY.

THROUGH SUNDAY...ATMOSPHERE RATHER UNSTABLE WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP
POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. APPEARS THAT LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

COLD FRONT TO SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH CLEARING/COOLER WEATHER. DRY
CONDITIONS IN THE FORECAST ON MONDAY AS WELL.

MUCH STRONGER FRONT/CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO ARKANSAS
FROM NORTH MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY. SOME CLOUDS/FEW SHOWERS ALONG
FRONT...BUT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER AIR. BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...A FREEZE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN COUNTIES...WITH SOME FROST
POSSIBLE CENTRAL/SOUTH.

WARMUP WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY/FRIDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSHOWERS BY THE END OF THE WEEK.   (46)

.LIT...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
729 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0723 PM    COVE                      AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0729 PM    MENA                      AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
1042 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0933 PM    1 S REDFIELD              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0940 PM    WHITE HALL                AR   60-70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/14/01   JEFFERSON
SPOTTERS REPORTED

0943 PM    PINE BLUFF                AR   TORNADO
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1000 PM    GRANNIS                   AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1007 PM    ALTHEIMER                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1007 PM    PINE BLUFF                AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1007 PM    WHITE HALL                AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FORMAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1042 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0933 PM    1 S REDFIELD              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0940 PM    WHITE HALL                AR   60-70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      SPOTTERS REPORTED

0943 PM    PINE BLUFF                AR   TORNADO
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1000 PM    GRANNIS                   AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1007 PM    ALTHEIMER                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1007 PM    PINE BLUFF                AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1007 PM    WHITE HALL                AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT m

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:18 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

ARZ003>005-012-013-021>023-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1118 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN...
CENTRAL...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT. ALSO...A
STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SLOWLY NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL
SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES ACROSS ARKANSAS.

MEANWHILE...A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS STATES IS FORECAST TO
MOVE CLOSER TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS NOW OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS COULD AFFECT PARTS
OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT.

THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO REACH SEVERE
LEVELS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.

STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...CABLE TV AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	50 min
Apr 14, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery	47 min
Apr 14, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	39 min
Apr 14, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Saline	49 min
Apr 14, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski	43 min
Apr 14, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lonoke	48 min
Apr 14, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jefferson	28 min
Apr 14, 9:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln	56 min
Apr 14, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	29 min
Apr 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha	39 min
Apr 14, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pike	38 min
Apr 15, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	48 min
Apr 15, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion, Newton, Searcy	45 min
Apr 15, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Stone	42 min
Apr 15, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard	39 min
Apr 15, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Sharp	33 min
Apr 15, 3:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	36 min
Apr 15, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2001 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.