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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 377, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 22, 2003Johnson County, Pope County, Van Buren County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2003, 3:56 AM CDT for Johnson County, Pope County, Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 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, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2003, 4:55 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Johnson County, AR, Pope County, AR, Van Buren County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 22, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
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

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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, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 11:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 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, 2 hours 11 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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard, Stone32 min
Jul 21, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence29 min
Jul 22, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion29 min
Jul 22, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter48 min
Jul 22, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton44 min
Jul 22, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard50 min
Jul 22, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Searcy60 min
Jul 22, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone38 min
Jul 22, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway46 min
Jul 22, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne58 min
Jul 22, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner62 min
Jul 22, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite58 min
Jul 22, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence62 min
Jul 22, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski62 min
Jul 22, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff59 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.