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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 10, 2006Logan County, Pope County, Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2006, 4:04 AM CDT for Logan County, Pope County, Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 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
May 10, 2006, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Logan County, AR, Pope County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.9

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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 May 10, 12:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 5:55 PM CDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
555 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-101000-
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-
555 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE ARKANSAS MISSOURI BORDER BACK INTO
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO
ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT WHERE A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY...AND IT
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY OVER ABOUT THE
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 12:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton58 min
May 9, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton61 min
May 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan46 min
May 9, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk53 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Yell61 min
May 9, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike66 min
May 9, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha53 min
May 9, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope57 min
May 9, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring56 min
May 9, 11:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKDesha2 hr
May 10, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski, Saline59 min
May 10, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKVan Buren2 hr
May 10, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas, Grant56 min
May 10, 12:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKStone118 min
May 10, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita53 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln61 min
May 10, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence49 min
May 10, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha63 min
May 10, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff31 min
May 10, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew, Jefferson, Lincoln30 min
May 10, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott36 min
May 10, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Yell49 min
May 10, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope, Yell49 min
May 10, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, White, Woodruff42 min
May 10, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White51 min
May 10, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline56 min
May 10, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland29 min
May 10, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring46 min
May 10, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke40 min
May 10, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson39 min
May 10, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Lincoln52 min
May 10, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha55 min
May 10, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk38 min
May 10, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike40 min
May 10, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark61 min
May 10, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland29 min
May 10, 9:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring55 min
May 10, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline59 min
May 10, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas53 min
May 10, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKDallas44 min
May 10, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita28 min
May 10, 10:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland47 min
May 10, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant23 min
May 10, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Lincoln48 min
May 10, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley44 min
May 10, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew44 min
May 10, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.