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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 2, 2008Lonoke County, Prairie County, White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 11:50 AM CDT for Lonoke County, Prairie County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2008, 11:50 AM CDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lonoke County, AR, Prairie County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 8:49 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 1314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 532 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 505 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.8
Supercell composite: 15.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLZK 021651
SVRLZK
ARC085-117-145-021730-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0310.080502T1650Z-080502T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1150 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  OLD AUSTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MCRAE AROUND NOON CDT...
  HICKORY PLAINS AROUND NOON CDT... 
  WEST POINT AROUND 1215 PM CDT...
  GEORGETOWN AROUND 1225 PM CDT...
  
&&

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 3498 9208 3501 9206 3534 9145 3527 9139
      3522 9138 3517 9145 3510 9142 3510 9145
      3507 9147 3505 9136 3502 9135 3500 9137
      3481 9191
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 242DEG 39KT 3496 9187

$$

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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
May 2, 4:05 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 14 more	15 hr
May 2, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton	65 min
May 2, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Scott	62 min
May 2, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Marion, Newton, Searcy	45 min
May 2, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	45 min
May 2, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	46 min
May 2, 7:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	55 min
May 2, 7:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	45 min
May 2, 7:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	60 min
May 2, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard, Sharp, Stone	46 min
May 2, 8:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren	46 min
May 2, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	49 min
May 2, 8:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Yell	50 min
May 2, 8:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone	36 min
May 2, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren	60 min
May 2, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Sharp	47 min
May 2, 9:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren	3 hr
May 2, 9:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Saline	43 min
May 2, 9:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	48 min
May 2, 10:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, White	30 min
May 2, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	41 min
May 2, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	47 min
May 2, 10:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, White	54 min
May 2, 10:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	3 hr
May 2, 11:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	38 min
May 2, 11:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	51 min
May 2, 11:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	41 min
May 2, 11:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	49 min
May 2, 11:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	45 min
May 2, 11:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	38 min
May 2, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant	48 min
May 2, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	48 min
May 2, 12:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	51 min
May 2, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	48 min
May 2, 12:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke	27 min
May 2, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	45 min
May 2, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	65 min
May 2, 1:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	55 min
May 2, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	45 min
May 2, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	53 min
May 2, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe	18 min
May 2, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	49 min
May 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	45 min
May 2, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	44 min
May 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln	36 min
May 2, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	26 min
May 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	31 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.