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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 7, 2005Cleburne County, Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 8:20 PM CDT for Cleburne County, Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 7, 2005, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2005, 9:06 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cleburne County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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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 Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
250 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
RESIDUAL MESOSCALE BNDRYS...ALONG WITH AFTN HEATING AND AN UPPER
SHRTWV TROF WORKING INTO AR...HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO WDLY SCTD
CONVECTION ACRS THE FA THIS AFTN. EXPECT BULK OF ACTIVITY TO
DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE
DEPARTURE OF THE UPPER LVL WV SHIFTING E OF THE AREA.

LTL OVERALL CHANGE IS NOTED WITH THE FCST DURG THE SHORT TERM.
MODELS CONT TO INDC A SWLY FLOW ALOFT ACRS THE MID-SOUTH. A SERIES
OF WEAK SHRTWVS WL CONT LIFTING TO THE NW OF THE AREA. NO SIG FNTL
BNDRYS ARE FCST TO AFFECT THE FA THRU THE SHORT TERM. WITH PLENTY OF
LOW LVL MOISTURE AND WARMTH RMNG IN PLACE ACRS THE STATE THE NEXT
FEW DAYS...CANNOT RULE OUT SCTD CONVECTION FORMING DURING THE LATE
MRNG/EARLY AFTN HRS AND LINGERING INTO THE EVENING.
&&

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
PATTERN WILL REMAIN FIXED FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED
PERIOD...WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES.
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM/SOMEWHAT HUMID
CONDITIONS SATURDAY/SUNDAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR MAINLY
AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LATE SUNDAY/MONDAY...IS SOME INDICATION THAT TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL
TRAVEL AROUND PERIPHERY OF HIGH...AND MAY END UP PRETTY CLOSE TO
ARKANSAS. FOR NOW...APPEARS THAT SYSTEM WILL STAY EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WHICH WILL NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL PICTURE ACROSS
THE REGION. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WITH THE SYSTEM WOULD BE EAST
OF THE TRACK.

WILL HAVE TO WATCH SYSTEM CAREFULLY. IF IT MOVES FARTHER WEST THAN
CURRENT THINKING...COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT. FOR THE MOST
PART...IT WOULD BE MUCH NEEDED RAIN GIVEN THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
THAT EXIST AT THE MOMENT.

AFTER SYSTEM GOES BY...LOOKS LIKE RIDGE IN SOUTHEAST WILL WEAKEN A
BIT...WITH NEW TROUGH DEEPENING IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. SHOULD
THIS HAPPEN...RIDGE WOULD BUILD OVER ARKANSAS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN
AND WARMER TEMPERATURES TOWARD MIDWEEK.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 6:25 AM CDT, 13 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
625 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-081000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
625 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE OVER ARKANSAS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MOSTLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONCE
AGAIN...ISOLATED STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE WITH
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE. ALSO...LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAIN COULD OCCUR WHICH COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ARKANSAS DURING THE
PERIOD. WEAK AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS PATTERN COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED BRIEF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND SPOTTY HEAVY RAINFALL BUT NO SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WEATHER OR FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 5:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
546 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     THORNTON                33.78N 92.48W
06/07/2005                   CALHOUN            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE FELL ON A POWER LINE WHICH THEN FELL ON A HOUSE.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
614 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0603 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW KINGSLAND          33.87N 92.31W
06/07/2005                   CLEVELAND          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 7:39 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
739 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     HAIL             2 SW PERRYVILLE         34.99N 92.83W
06/07/2005  1.00 INCH        PERRY              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0730 PM     HAIL             8 N STUTTGART           34.61N 91.55W
06/07/2005  0.75 INCH        PRAIRIE            AR   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 7:41 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
741 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     HAIL             5 E SLOVAK              34.65N 91.50W
06/07/2005  1.00 INCH        PRAIRIE            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 7:58 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
758 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             STAVES                  34.03N 92.28W
06/07/2005  0.88 INCH        CLEVELAND          AR   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:16 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
816 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NW HASKELL            34.58N 92.72W
06/07/2005                   SALINE             AR   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN. TREE FELL ON CAR.

0803 PM     HAIL             2 W CABOT               34.97N 92.06W
06/07/2005  0.75 INCH        LONOKE             AR   PUBLIC

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Prairie	52 min
Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry	44 min
Jun 7, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	43 min
Jun 7, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	53 min
Jun 7, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	45 min
Jun 7, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	41 min
Jun 7, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	50 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	47 min

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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.