Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 474, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 67 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
- Jul 5, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 5, 3:06 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:06 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1230 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-061000- 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- 1230 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. THIS INCLUDES AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WALDRON TO DUMAS. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A CONCERN...AS MOISTURE AMOUNTS ARE HIGH...AND THE STORMS WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. THE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...IN A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL MOVE IN FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION AND THEN STALLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 145 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ARZ038-039-042>044-051945- GARLAND-PERRY-PULASKI-SALINE-YELL- 145 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GARLAND...PERRY...PULASKI...SALINE AND YELL COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER SALINE COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN PULASKI COUNTY. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF ON OR NEAR A LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM 59
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 219 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ARZ045-046-052020- LONOKE-PRAIRIE- 219 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LONOKE AND PRAIRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 320 PM CDT... AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLD AUSTIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 59
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 244 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ARZ042>044-054-055-052045- GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-PULASKI-SALINE- 244 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GARLAND...GRANT...HOT SPRING... PULASKI AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK AN AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER SALINE TO WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITH THE HEAVY RAIN... LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF ON OR NEAR A LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. 59
Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:59 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
259 PM CDT SAT JUL 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0258 PM TSTM WND DMG ENGLAND 34.54N 91.97W
07/05/2008 LONOKE AR PUBLIC
POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
0258 PM HAIL ENGLAND 34.54N 91.97W
07/05/2008 E0.75 INCH LONOKE AR PUBLIC
&&
57The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope, Yell | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.