Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 210
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 6, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2001, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties
Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, White County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 61 min |
| May 6, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 32 min |
| May 6, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 61 min |
| May 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 62 min |
| May 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 59 min |
| May 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus | 59 min |
| May 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Upshur | 59 min |
| May 6, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 64 min |
| May 6, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 53 min |
| May 7, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 57 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 2500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.