Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2003, 5:52 PM CDT for Polk County, Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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 13, 2003, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2003, 6:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 13, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 13, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 345 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 MCS ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA IS NOW MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON KLZK RADAR EXTENDS WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO FORT SMITH. THIS AREA WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST. THE RAIN IS MOST DOMINANT IN THE 60+ DEW POINT AREA ACROSS EAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST ARKANSAS. GFS SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MCS FOR TONIGHT. DIVERGING HEIGHTS ARE NOTED ACROSS NORTH ARKANSAS AT 12Z WEDNESDAY. 60+ DEW POINTS ARE SLOWLY MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME. A WARM FRONT STILL SOUTH OF ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT AND HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE TO NEAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY 12Z WEDNESDAY AND MOVE SLOWLY INTO NORTH ARKANSAS. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK CREATING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE LAST STRONG SYSTEM IN THE LINE LOOKS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE UPPER LOW MOVING ON TO THE WEST COAST TONIGHT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY. WITH THE NUMBER OF STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEK AND RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT...WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S AND 80S THIS WEEK FOR HIGHS AND 50S AND 60S FOR LOWS. STAYED CLOSE TO THE GFS MOS. HRO 59 79 55 78 / 60 60 60 40 LIT 64 84 65 83 / 60 60 60 40 HOT 64 85 65 83 / 60 60 60 40 PBF 65 86 65 85 / 60 60 60 40 .LZK...NONE. 51
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 2:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 235 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND MOVED INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE PUSHING THROUGH WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THIS EVENING...AND SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF ARKANSAS...AND WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS OVERNIGHT...MAINLY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER MOST AREAS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. 46
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
347 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0344 PM 7 NW CLARKSVILLE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/13/03 JOHNSON REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
ON HIGHWAY 103. ALSO WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
28Local storm report, May 13, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
418 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM CLARKSVILLE AR WIND DAMAGE
05/13/03 JOHNSON LARGE LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED
BY STORM SPOTTER
0410 PM BOONEVILLE AR 75 MPH TSTM WIND GUST.
05/13/03 LOGAN REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
28Local storm report, May 13, 5:13 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
513 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM 1 S GREENBRIER AR 70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/13/03 FAULKNER REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR
28Local storm report, May 13, 5:23 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
523 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM JERUSALEM AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03 CONWAY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0459 PM 2 S MORRILTON AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03 CONWAY REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
0459 PM 2 S MORRILTON AR 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/13/03 CONWAY REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
0500 PM MORRILTON AR WIND DAMAGE
05/13/03 CONWAY TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0508 PM CONWAY AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03 FAULKNER ON WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0508 PM CONWAY AR WIND DAMAGE
05/13/03 FAULKNER TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
28Local storm report, May 13, 5:46 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
546 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM LITTLE ROCK AR 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/13/03 PULASKI IN WEST LITTLE ROCK.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER
0540 PM LITTLE ROCK AR WIND DAMAGE
05/13/03 PULASKI LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN WEST
LITTLE ROCK. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 38 min |
| May 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan | 37 min |
| May 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Yell | 37 min |
| May 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 39 min |
| May 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 49 min |
| May 13, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 37 min |
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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.