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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 13, 2005Johnson County, Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 10:38 PM CDT for Johnson County, Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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 13, 2005, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 11:12 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Johnson County, AR, Newton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2005-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2648 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.3

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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.