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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 375, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT for Izard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 22, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2003, 4:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Izard County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 21, 11:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 11:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1140 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003 UPDATED THE ZONES TO REMOVE WORDING ABOUT MIDNIGHT. FCSTID = 29 HRO 67 80 62 83 / 50 50 20 10 LIT 73 85 66 88 / 30 50 30 10 HOT 72 85 66 87 / 30 50 30 10 PBF 74 86 67 88 / 30 50 40 10 .LZK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 1:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-221000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 145 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM MISSOURI INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THE REST OF TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A CONCERN. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...REACHING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY DAYBREAK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH THE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE STATE TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH RAIN CHANCES ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS TO BE QUITE PLEASANT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT. THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGE WILL BE LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. 58
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Searcy | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope, Van Buren | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Stone | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.