Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 422, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2003, 8:33 PM CDT for Izard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 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
- Aug 3, 2003, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 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 01:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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
- 1771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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 Aug 3, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 345 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 WEATHER HAS SETTLED DOWN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON. HAD CLEARING FROM THE NORTHWEST WHICH HAS ALLOWED SOME HEATING/DESTABILIZATION. BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS HAS LIFTED NORTH INTO MISSOURI...WITH A SYSTEM ALOFT EXPECTED TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SYSTEM MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. ALSO...STORMS COULD FIRE ALONG BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND MOVE WITH NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS. GIVEN THIS...WENT WITH HIGHEST CHANCES FOR RAIN IN NORTH AND WEST WITH SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE. WILL CLOUD UP OVERNIGHT...BUT CLOUDS WILL DECREASE ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY WITH ANY PRECIPITATION BECOMING ISOLATED. LATE MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY...STORM SYSTEM/COLD FRONT WILL HEAD INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE WEST WITH CLOUDS/RAIN CHANCES GOING UP AGAIN. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE MORE SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD. PERHAPS SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR BEHIND FRONT HEADING INTO MIDWEEK...WITH RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING. FAIRLY TYPICAL SUMMERTIME TEMPERATURES TO END THE WEEK WITH NO RAIN MENTIONED IN THE FORECAST. HRO 69 89 70 87 / 30 30 50 50 LIT 72 90 73 90 / 20 20 40 50 HOT 72 91 73 90 / 30 30 40 50 PBF 73 91 74 91 / 20 20 30 50 .LZK...NONE. 46
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 550 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STATIONARY FRONT LIFTED FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ACTIVE OVERNIGHT...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. WITH A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS. ALSO...A SYSTEM ALOFT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL HEAD THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. A FEW STORMS MAY DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO THE SYSTEM...WITH THE STORMS CONFINED MAINLY TO THE WESTERN COUNTIES. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER MAY OCCUR IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH HAIL THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING. DURING THE HEAT OF MONDAY AFTERNOON...STORMS MAY REDEVELOP BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED. MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. THE STORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE BECOMING MORE ISOLATED LATE IN THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IN GENERAL...SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN ISOLATED THROUGH TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 46
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 AM WAYTON AR .88 INCH HAIL
08/03/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0945 AM DENNARD AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03 VAN BUREN HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1135 AM 1 N CORD AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/03/03 INDEPENDENCE REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
1135 AM 3 N CORD AR .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03 INDEPENDENCE REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
28Local storm report, Aug 3, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
731 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM GLENCOE AR .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03 FULTON REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
0725 PM HORSESHOE BEND AR .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03 IZARD REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
28Local storm report, Aug 3, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
830 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM 7 SW LESLIE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/03/03 SEARCY HAIL LASTED 15 MINUTES.
HAIL DAMAGED GARDEN AND
KNOCKED NUMEROUS LEAVES OFF
TREES. REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0930 AM 7 SW LESLIE AR WIND DAMAGE
08/03/03 SEARCY LARGE LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 58 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.