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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 27, 2005Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2005, 9:38 AM CDT for Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2005, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2005, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Desha County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 27, 10:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Kelso, ARTREES DOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF WATSON.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1996 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KLZK 271438
SVRLZK
ARC041-271515-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0310.050827T1438Z-050827T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
938 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 938 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MITCHELLVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DUMAS AND MITCHELLVILLE.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE WARNING AREA IS STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS. SOME DAMAGE MAY OCCUR SUCH AS DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3396 9145 3393 9153 3388 9154 3379 9153
      3374 9137 3385 9122 3394 9133 3397 9140

$$

INIGUEZ
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLZK 271501
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1001 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

ARC041-271515-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050827T1515Z/
DESHA AR-
1001 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL DESHA COUNTY...

AT 1001 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL DESHA COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS OF THE 
WARNED COUNTY.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3394 9134 3384 9150 3374 9137 3385 9122

$$

INIGUEZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Izard42 min
Aug 27, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Sharp46 min
Aug 27, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp34 min
Aug 27, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard30 min
Aug 27, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson31 min
Aug 27, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie43 min
Aug 27, 6:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson37 min
Aug 27, 6:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson113 min
Aug 27, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln49 min
Aug 27, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp41 min
Aug 27, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha23 min
Aug 27, 12:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCalhoun113 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.