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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 4, 2012Baxter County, Marion County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2012, 12:38 AM CDT for Baxter County, Marion County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 4, 2012, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baxter County, AR, Marion County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1781 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.5
Supercell composite: 12.1

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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 Jun 3, 9:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 11:46 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1146 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000-
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-
1146 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OVERNIGHT. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL KEEP
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
THURSDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
910 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

ARZ032-039-044-040255-
FAULKNER AR-PERRY AR-PULASKI AR-
910 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PULASKI...EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN PERRY AND SOUTHERN FAULKNER COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT...

AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONNIE SPRINGS...OR NEAR LAKE MAUMELLE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST LITTLE ROCK...   SHERWOOD...           N LITTLE ROCK ARPT...
  NORTH LITTLE ROCK...  MAUMELLE...           LITTLE ROCK AFB...
  LAKE MAUMELLE...      JACKSONVILLE...       DWNTWN LITTLE ROCK...
  LITTLE ROCK ARPT...   SYLVAN HILLS...       SWEET HOME...
  ROLAND...             PROTHRO JUNCTION...   PINNACLE MTN...
  OLMSTEAD...           MORGAN...             MCALMONT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 142.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 162.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 430 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 12.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 630 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3500 9208 3461 9212 3485 9262 3506 9257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 292DEG 28KT 3491 9246

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
916 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0855 PM     HAIL             BIGELOW                 35.00N 92.63W
06/03/2012  E1.00 INCH       PERRY              AR   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
939 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W MAYFLOWER           34.97N 92.46W
06/03/2012                   FAULKNER           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON WINTER CREEK ROAD NEAR HWY 89 WEST OF
            MAYFLOWER

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren	36 min
Jun 3, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	44 min
Jun 3, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Pope	25 min
Jun 3, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	51 min
Jun 3, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Fulton	46 min
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	45 min
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	35 min
Jun 3, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	45 min
Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard	49 min
Jun 4, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	29 min
Jun 4, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sharp	31 min
Jun 4, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone	39 min
Jun 4, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	35 min
Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard	44 min
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard	43 min
Jun 4, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	58 min
Jun 4, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	47 min
Jun 4, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Stone, White, Woodruff	54 min
Jun 4, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	44 min
Jun 4, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	29 min
Jun 4, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Stone	45 min
Jun 4, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	58 min
Jun 4, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	46 min
Jun 4, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	46 min
Jun 4, 5:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	46 min
Jun 4, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan, Scott	47 min
Jun 4, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Saline	46 min
Jun 4, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	38 min
Jun 4, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Saline	48 min
Jun 4, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Saline	44 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	46 min
Jun 4, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	46 min
Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	35 min
Jun 4, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring	27 min
Jun 4, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant	32 min
Jun 4, 4:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	113 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	52 min
Jun 4, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	49 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Lincoln	46 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas	28 min
Jun 4, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.