Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 4:21 PM CDT for Lonoke County, Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2012, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lonoke County, AR, Prairie County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Woodlawn, AR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898 WUUS54 KLZK 192121 SVRLZK ARC085-117-192200- /O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0252.120719T2121Z-120719T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 421 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 417 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF THURMAN...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LONOKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRAIRIE CENTER... MCCREANOR... CARLISLE... SCREETON... BUTLERVILLE... WATTENSAW... WATERPROOF... HAZEN MUNI ARPT... CARLISLE MUNI ARPT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 189. 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 3476 9161 3471 9180 3497 9190 3498 9175 TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 327DEG 8KT 3488 9179 $$ 225
1 follow-up statement
142 WWUS54 KLZK 192132 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 432 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 ARC085-117-192200- /O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-120719T2200Z/ LONOKE AR-PRAIRIE AR- 432 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PRAIRIE AND EAST CENTRAL LONOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF THURMAN...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LONOKE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... PRAIRIE CENTER... MCCREANOR... CARLISLE... SCREETON... BUTLERVILLE... WATTENSAW... WATERPROOF... HAZEN MUNI ARPT... CARLISLE MUNI ARPT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 189. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3476 9161 3471 9180 3497 9190 3498 9175 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 330DEG 4KT 3490 9179 $$ 225
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 18 min |
| Jul 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 17 min |
| Jul 19, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 7 min |
| Jul 19, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 14 min |
| Jul 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Izard | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.