Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 379

June 2, 200432 counties in Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 2, 2004, 1:30 PM CDT for 32 counties in Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2004, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Yell County, AR, Adair County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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.

Warnings issued inside it

24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair60 min
Jun 2, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair61 min
Jun 2, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington83 min
Jun 2, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion61 min
Jun 2, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Sequoyah65 min
Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy, Stone60 min
Jun 2, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott42 min
Jun 2, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison93 min
Jun 2, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry47 min
Jun 2, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski60 min
Jun 2, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian82 min
Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard, Marion45 min
Jun 2, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp41 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone46 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott58 min
Jun 2, 4:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp2 hr
Jun 2, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin44 min
Jun 2, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKStone118 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPerry118 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter43 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard45 min
Jun 2, 5:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKScott119 min
Jun 2, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Yell48 min
Jun 2, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott23 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Faulkner, Greene and 20 more2 hr
Jun 2, 2:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington115 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner, Garland and 22 more56 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway and 37 more6 hr
Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more5 hr
Jun 2, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Grant, Harper, Woods5 hr
Jun 2, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Dewey and 27 more85 min
Jun 2, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 25 more5 hr
Jun 2, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron3 hr
Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 23 more4 hr
Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Ellis, Greer, Harper and 2 more7 hr

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.