Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 5:16 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2002, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Mc Almont, AR | Thunderstorm winds downed several power poles. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 2, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 330 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002 LOCAL RADARS INDICATE SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITH GREATER AREAL CONVERAGE NOTED THAN WITH THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL DAYS. A MORE FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL FLOW AND MOISTURE PROFILES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE CONVECTION. EXPECT A DECREASE IN CONVERAGE BY 06Z...AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WEAKENS. EXPECT DIRURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN THURSDAY...AS MOISTURE REMAINS ABUNDANT ACROSS THIS AREA. EXPECT DECREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THE WEEKEND...AS MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BECOME LESS SUPPORTIVE FOR CONVECTION. FCSTID = 55 HRO 69 90 71 92 / 30 20 20 20 LIT 72 94 72 94 / 20 10 10 10 HOT 71 91 73 94 / 20 20 30 20 PBF 72 93 73 94 / 20 10 10 10 .LZK...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 25 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.