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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 10, 2006Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2006, 9:20 AM CDT for Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 55 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
May 10, 2006, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 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
May 10, 9:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMalvern, ARTREES DOWN IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
2609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLZK 101421
SVRLZK
ARC059-101515-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0310.060510T1420Z-060510T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
920 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MALVERN...MOVING         
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER STORMS IN GARLAND COUNTY WILL MOVE
  INTO NORTHERN HOT SPRING COUNTY DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PERLA AROUND 940 AM CDT

&&

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL OR LARGER.
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 3416 9289 3416 9303 3421 9301 3425 9310
      3424 9306 3426 9310 3426 9317 3439 9323
      3439 9294 3444 9294 3445 9290 3450 9290
      3447 9269 3421 9268 3419 9271 3416 9286

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLZK 101442
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
941 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

ARC059-101515-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060510T1515Z/
HOT SPRING AR-
941 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTY...

AT 941 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BUTTERFIELD TO CENTRAL...MOVING 
EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MALVERN...GLEN ROSE AND GIFFORD.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS NEED TO FIND A PLACE OF SAFETY 
NOW 

&&

LAT...LON 3416 9289 3416 9303 3421 9301 3426 9304
      3424 9306 3428 9303 3431 9301 3439 9297
      3439 9294 3444 9294 3445 9290 3450 9290
      3447 9269 3421 9268 3419 9271 3416 9286

$$

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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, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Pope, Yell41 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, 9:31 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

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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.