Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 771

October 10, 200129 counties in Arkansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 10, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT for 29 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Perry County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner57 min
Oct 10, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone62 min
Oct 10, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter42 min
Oct 10, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne38 min
Oct 10, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard41 min
Oct 10, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence39 min
Oct 10, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp46 min
Oct 10, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie62 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1190 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
12.8

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Garland and 16 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.