Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches in 2001

Tornado Watch 332

May 30, 200134 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 30, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT for 34 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKHot Spring37 min
May 30, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGrant43 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline52 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas52 min
May 30, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Lincoln43 min
May 30, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita41 min
May 30, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley26 min
May 30, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Jefferson67 min
May 30, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant26 min
May 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun64 min
May 30, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln59 min
May 30, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley42 min
May 30, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha62 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Drew60 min
May 30, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Washington44 min
May 30, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips46 min
May 30, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun60 min
May 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot48 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower47 min
May 30, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington26 min
May 30, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita34 min
May 30, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley38 min
May 30, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun47 min
May 31, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley15 min

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1841 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
1841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
19.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS9 KMKC 310013
SEL2  

SEL2  
MKC WW 310007
ARZ000-MSZ000-310500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 332
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
707 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS                           
   WESTERN MISSISSIPPI                        

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 715 PM
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO 75
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 328...WW 329...WW
330...WW 331...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
SPREADING EWD FROM WRN AR THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
POSSIBLY DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THESE STORMS OVER THE CNTRL AND ERN
PART OF THE STATE.  LOW LEVEL VEERING PROFILES AND MOIST /DEWPOINTS
IN THE UPPER 60S-LOW 70S/ SSELY BOUNDARY FLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.

...CORFIDI

;354,0902 325,0903 325,0930 354,0930;

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2001Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2001Every tornado 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.