Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2002, 5:10 PM CDT for Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 20 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2002, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Logan County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | New Blaine, AR | |
| Apr 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | New Blaine, AR | Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees. |
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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KLZK 162210
SVRLIT
ARC083-162230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BLAINE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
NORTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW BLAINE AROUND 515 PM CDT
DELAWARE AROUND 520 PM CDT
PINEY AROUND 525 PM CDT
&&
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. THE HAIL
MAY CAUSE SOME VEHICLE OR ROOF DAMAGE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.
LAT...LON 3533 9331 3522 9328 3522 9344 3518 9353
3533 9341
$$
54What 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 Apr 16, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 230 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002 A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY. ABNORMALLY WARM CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL THEN. NEAR NORMAL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PREVAIL AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL INCREASE AS THE FRONT NEARS. FCSTID = 38 HRO 60 86 64 86 / 30 10 0 10 LIT 64 87 65 88 / 20 10 0 10 HOT 64 88 65 88 / 30 10 0 10 PBF 67 88 66 89 / 20 10 0 10 .LZK... AR...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope | 15 min |
| Apr 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.