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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 3:25 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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, 2011, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Mar 27, 3:07 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:07 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 315 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000- 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- 315 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NOTED ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT RISK FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATES...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING LARGE HAIL. ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE...WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PARTS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL ONCE AGAIN SEE LOW TEMPERATURES APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK MONDAY MORNING...WHERE A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE MID SOUTH STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTH OF ARKANSAS...LIMITING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES BACK TO THE NATURAL STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ONCE AGAIN...INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE LOW WILL PASS SOUTH OF ARKANSAS AND KEEP THE AREA IN A SOMEWHAT COOL AIRMASS. THIS WOULD LIMIT THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 224
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1252 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ARZ063>065-068-069-271835- BRADLEY AR-CLEVELAND AR-DESHA AR-DREW AR-LINCOLN AR- 1252 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN...WESTERN DESHA...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND...NORTHERN BRADLEY AND NORTHERN DREW COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 1252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RYE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF WARREN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WARREN... MONTICELLO... WINCHESTER... WILMAR... WEEKS... WARRENTON... RYE... PLANTERSVILLE... OMEGA... MITCHELLVILLE... MILLS... LAKE MONTICELLO... HERBINE... GREEN HILL... DUMAS... CRANE LAKE... BRANDON... YUKON... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3401 9146 3361 9146 3352 9226 3377 9230 TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 257DEG 39KT 3370 9204 BJS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
159 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011
ARZ062-063-066-067-271945-
CALHOUN AR-CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR-OUACHITA AR-
159 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS...WESTERN
CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN OUACHITA AND NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES
UNTIL 245 PM CDT...
AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF MCGILL FORD...OR 17 MILES NORTH
OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORDYCE... TRI COUNTY LAKE... THORNTON...
SPARKMAN... LUNET... EAGLETTE...
TATES BLUFF... RAMSEY... PRINCETON...
PINE GROVE... OUACHITA... IVAN...
HOPEVILLE... HOLLY SPRINGS... SMEAD...
NORTH FORDYCE... MCGILL FORD... LITTLE BAY...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3381 9295 3383 9292 3382 9289 3386 9288
3388 9291 3390 9290 3410 9242 3377 9228
3374 9292
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 253DEG 36KT 3382 9283
BJSLocal storm report, Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 17 min |
| Mar 26, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 11:05 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Sharp, Stone | 22 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 26 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.