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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 3, 2002Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2002, 2:52 AM CDT for Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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
May 3, 2002, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Desha County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 May 2, 8:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
815 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002

HAVE SENT OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 213
WHICH EXPIRED AT 800 PM. LOWERED POPS IN CENTRAL/EAST GROUP TO
SLIGHT CHANCE. FOR NOW...WILL LEAVE REMAINDER OF FORECAST UNCHANGED
AS EVERYTHING LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK.

HAVE ALSO REMOVED SEVERE WORDING...AS THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST. HAVE ISSUED SPS TO ACCOUNT FOR
POSSIBLE STRONG STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

FCSTID = 57

.LZK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 12:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
1207 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2002

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

1140 PM    ROWELL                    AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   CLEVELAND                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1152 PM    5 S STAR CITY             AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita31 min
May 2, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha35 min
May 2, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley37 min
May 2, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew35 min
May 2, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Lincoln42 min
May 2, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha33 min
May 2, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Lincoln50 min
May 3, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha40 min
May 3, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha37 min
May 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun40 min
May 3, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley31 min
May 3, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring19 min
May 3, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline24 min
May 3, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring29 min
May 3, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski24 min
May 3, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant26 min
May 3, 9:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln3 hr
May 3, 9:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln3 hr

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.