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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 11, 2003Garland County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 1:32 AM CDT for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2003, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 2:10 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Garland County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2842 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
2842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

578 
WUUS54 KLZK 110632
SVRLIT
ARC051-110710-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
132 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 210 AM CDT

* AT 126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS...    
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOT SPRINGS AROUND 140 AM CDT
  LONSDALE AROUND 155 AM CDT

&&

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS THREE QUARTER INCH 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 3440 9315 3444 9319 3449 9316 3464 9298
          3464 9289 3459 9281 3451 9280 3451 9290
          3440 9295 3440 9315 3444 9319 3449 9316

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike59 min
Jun 11, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline39 min
Jun 11, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski43 min
Jun 11, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWoodruff44 min
Jun 11, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson45 min
Jun 11, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita28 min
Jun 11, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas28 min
Jun 11, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas32 min
Jun 11, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas29 min
Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland31 min
Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.