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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 27, 20105 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2010, 7:09 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 27, 2010, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cleburne County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 00:00Z on 2010-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 476 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 00:00Z on 2010-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, White50 min
Mar 27, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline46 min
Mar 27, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Stone, White60 min
Mar 27, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, White41 min
Mar 27, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln50 min
Mar 27, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Sharp, White, Woodruff41 min
Mar 27, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Ouachita54 min
Mar 27, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie63 min
Mar 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff43 min
Mar 27, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe62 min
Mar 27, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.