Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT for Garland County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 6, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Harp, AR | LARGE TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718 WUUS54 KLZK 061930 SVRLZK ARC051-059-062015- /O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0310.120806T1930Z-120806T2015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 230 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... EASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 225 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 NEAR LAKE CATHERINE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MALVERN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MALVERN... ROCKPORT... LAKE CATHERINE... WILSON SPRINGS... RED OAK... MIDWAY... MAGNET COVE... DE ROCHE... CENTRAL... TIGRE BAY... SOCIAL HILL... SLUNGER BAY... SHOREWOOD HILLS... SHINN MTN... SAGINAW... LAKE CATHERINE SP... JONES MILL... EBENEZER... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 100. 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 3423 9278 3426 9307 3449 9300 3448 9280 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 005DEG 8KT 3441 9292 $$ 224
1 follow-up statement
273 WWUS54 KLZK 061948 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 248 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 ARC051-059-062015- /O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-120806T2015Z/ GARLAND AR-HOT SPRING AR- 248 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HOT SPRING AND SOUTHEASTERN GARLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CATHERINE...OR 6 MILES WEST OF MALVERN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... MALVERN... ROCKPORT... LAKE CATHERINE... MIDWAY... CENTRAL... SOCIAL HILL... SLUNGER BAY... SHOREWOOD HILLS... SHINN MTN... SAGINAW... LAKE CATHERINE SP... JONES MILL... EBENEZER... DIAMONDHEAD... BUTTERFIELD... ABCO... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 99. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3445 9299 3444 9282 3423 9278 3426 9307 TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 005DEG 8KT 3437 9292 $$ 224
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Hot Spring | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Hot Spring | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland, Drew | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Lincoln | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 27 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.