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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 704, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2011, 5:55 PM CDT for Garland County, Hot Spring County, Saline 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
- Jul 23, 2011, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Saline County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 829 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 23, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 258 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS HIGH WILL BECOME MORE BROAD THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. ON MONDAY IT WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH THEN SPREADS TO THE EAST TUESDAY AND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE TROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE BEST CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOONS. MORNING RAIN IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION EITHER AS WE HAD A PERSISTENT AREA SET UP IN THE SOUTH THIS MORNING AND DROP 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY WITH HEAT INDICES 105 TO 110. CONTINUED THE HEAT ADVISORY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LOOK TO BE DRY WHILE UNDERNEATH HIGH PRESSURE. MOISTURE RETURNS ON FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF ARKANSAS. WILL BRING IN SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 77 97 76 96 / 20 30 30 30 CAMDEN AR 76 98 76 97 / 30 40 30 30 HARRISON AR 76 99 75 93 / 20 30 20 30 HOT SPRINGS AR 77 99 76 98 / 30 30 30 30 LITTLE ROCK AR 78 99 76 97 / 30 40 30 40 MONTICELLO AR 76 96 76 96 / 40 40 30 40 MOUNT IDA AR 77 100 76 99 / 20 30 20 30 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 76 98 75 93 / 20 30 20 30 NEWPORT AR 77 97 76 96 / 30 40 30 40 PINE BLUFF AR 77 98 76 96 / 30 40 30 40 RUSSELLVILLE AR 77 99 76 97 / 20 30 20 30 SEARCY AR 77 99 76 96 / 30 40 30 40 STUTTGART AR 77 98 77 96 / 30 40 30 40 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR 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. && 51
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:53 AM CDT, 13 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 453 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000- 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- 453 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FORECAST AREA TODAY DUE TO CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID 90S TO UPPER 90S...WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING HIGHS OVER 100. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS...AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH AROUND 105 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE STATE EACH DAY. ALSO...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
347 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011
ARZ012-232115-
NEWTON AR-
347 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM CDT...
AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLEASANT HILL...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VENDOR... PELSOR... MT JUDEA...
LURTON... DEER... COWELL...
SPENCE JUNCTION... SASSAFRAS KNOB... RICKETTS MTN...
PLEASANT HILL... OWENS MTN... NATURAL BRIDGE...
MILLSAPS KNOB... KETCHERSIDE MTN... KENT MTN...
HUDSON MTN... HENDERSON MTN... FAIRVIEW REC AREA...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3583 9294 3573 9309 3573 9320 3582 9330
3596 9307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 227DEG 15KT 3582 9313
58Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 410 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ARZ032-033-044-045-232155- FAULKNER AR-LONOKE AR-PULASKI AR-WHITE AR- 410 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITE...CENTRAL FAULKNER...NORTHWESTERN LONOKE AND NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING MULTIPLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF CABOT...ONE WAS LOCATED OVER EL PASO AND ANOTHER 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF VILONIA. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORMS AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONWAY... CABOT... WARD... VILONIA... SPRINGHILL... PICKLES GAP... MT VERNON... GREYSTONE... GREENBRIER... ENOLA... AUSTIN... SALTILLO... ROMANCE... OTTO... HOLLAND... HAMLET... FLOYD... EL PASO... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 131. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3505 9250 3534 9240 3518 9187 3492 9199 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 110DEG 8KT 3503 9203 227
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 434 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ARZ012-013-022-023-232220- NEWTON AR-POPE AR-SEARCY AR-VAN BUREN AR- 434 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN VAN BUREN...NORTHEASTERN POPE...SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON AND WESTERN SEARCY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STUMP MTN...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JASPER. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WITTS SPRING... SMYRNA... POINT PETER... MOORE... MARSENA... IMO... EULA... DUFF... DABNEY... BOHANNON... TILLY... SNOWBALL... SILVER HILL... NOGO... CHIMES... BEN HUR... ZION HILL... WOOLUM REC AREA... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3602 9272 3562 9273 3563 9303 3596 9303 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 266DEG 2KT 3578 9296 227
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 434 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ARZ044-045-232205- LONOKE AR-PULASKI AR- 434 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME WESTERN LONOKE AND CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND LITTLE ROCK...INCLUDING THE LEVY...AMBOY...COLLEGE STATION AND MARCHE AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHERWOOD... N LITTLE ROCK ARPT... NORTH LITTLE ROCK... DWNTWN LITTLE ROCK... LITTLE ROCK ARPT... SYLVAN HILLS... PROTHRO JUNCTION... MCALMONT... MARCHE... LEVY... LAKEWOOD... CAMP ROBINSON... BURNS PARK... ARGENTA... ROSE CITY... GALLOWAY... CAMMACK VILLAGE... BASELINE... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN! LAT...LON 3491 9231 3482 9206 3466 9229 3483 9245 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 230DEG 11KT 3482 9229 58
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:59 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Drew | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 29 min |
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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.