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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 708, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 24, 2011Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2011, 2:16 PM CDT for Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 24, 2011, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2011, 2:44 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 2983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

124 
WUUS54 KLZK 241916
SVRLZK
ARC063-067-242000-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0708.110724T1916Z-110724T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
216 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  EAST OF MOOREFIELD...OR 8 MILES EAST OF BATESVILLE...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DIAZ...               SALADO...             OIL TROUGH...
  NEWARK...             MOOREFIELD...         MAGNESS...
  JACKSONPORT...        THIDA...              SULPHUR ROCK...
  ROSIE...              PFEIFFER...           MACKS...
  GAINESBORO...         ELGIN...              CURIA...
  CORD...               CHARLOTTE...          CAMPBELL STATION...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3553 9154 3582 9163 3590 9140 3589 9139
      3564 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 339DEG 18KT 3577 9148

$$

/44

1 follow-up statement

890 
WWUS54 KLZK 241944
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
244 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

ARC063-067-241954-
/O.CAN.KLZK.SV.W.0708.000000T0000Z-110724T2000Z/
JACKSON AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-
244 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN INDEPENDENCE AND
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3553 9154 3582 9163 3590 9140 3589 9139
      3564 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 339DEG 18KT 3564 9142

$$

/44

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	28 min
Jul 24, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	27 min
Jul 24, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	44 min
Jul 24, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Montgomery, Pike	27 min
Jul 24, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	44 min
Jul 24, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	48 min
Jul 24, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	45 min
Jul 24, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	48 min
Jul 24, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	45 min
Jul 24, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	47 min
Jul 24, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	47 min
Jul 24, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	44 min
Jul 24, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	47 min
Jul 24, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	24 min
Jul 24, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Ouachita	24 min
Jul 24, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	31 min
Jul 24, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	38 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Ouachita	46 min
Jul 24, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	45 min
Jul 24, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	34 min
Jul 24, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	19 min
Jul 24, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	31 min
Jul 24, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Ouachita	30 min
Jul 24, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas	35 min
Jul 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Ouachita	32 min
Jul 24, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas	14 min
Jul 24, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	30 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lincoln	29 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.