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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 1, 2012Drew County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Feb 1, 2012, 4:08 PM CST for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 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: Feb 1, 2012, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2012, 4:55 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR

County Drew County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 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.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 1, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
300 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVED EAST INTO AREAS OF HIGHER INSTABILITY
ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE MAIN ISSUE HAS BEEN LARGE HAIL...ALONG
WITH REPORTS OF LOTS OF SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
EVENING HOURS.

AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND STALLS SOUTH OF THE STATE...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER FOR THURSDAY. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE A
QUICK PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...AS THE HIGH QUICKLY MOVES EAST AND
THE STALLED FRONT MOVES NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

THIS SYSTEM WILL BEAR WATCHING...AS WARM AIR ADVECTION AND STRONG
WINDS FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM COULD BRING SEVERE
POTENTIAL TO THE REGION. ALSO...PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE
AVAILABLE...WITH CONCERN FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED IN THE COMING DAYS.

AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES SATURDAY MORNING...DRY WEATHER WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL INTO THE 50S BEHIND THE FRONT...AND REMAIN NEAR NORMAL
THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

SHORT AND LONG TERM...58

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 9:30 AM CST, 6 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
930 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021100-
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-
930 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NOTED ACROSS
ARKANSAS TODAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED
STRONG OR SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE
THREATS IF ANY STORMS MANAGE TO BECOME SEVERE. THE STORM THREAT WILL
WIND DOWN IN THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
DURING THIS TIME AND THERE ARE INDICATIONS SOME OF THE STORMS COULD
BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF
THE AREA WILL SEE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...FORECASTS WILL BE
MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

63/58

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:31 PM CST, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
331 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012

ARZ033-034-045>047-012230-
LONOKE AR-MONROE AR-PRAIRIE AR-WHITE AR-WOODRUFF AR-
331 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WOODRUFF...EXTREME
SOUTHERN WHITE...NORTHERN PRAIRIE...NORTHERN MONROE AND EASTERN
LONOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CST...

AT 328 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PUSHING ACROSS WHITE AND WOODRUFF
COUNTIES WITH THE STRONGEST STORM 2 MILES EAST OF HARRYS...OR NEAR
DES ARC...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAZEN...              DES ARC...            DE VALLS BLUFF...
  BRINKLEY...           HUNTER...             HALLSVILLE...
  BISCOE...             BARRETTSVILLE...      ALLENDALE...
  ALFREY...             ZENT...               SCREETON...
  KEEVIL...             HILLEMAN...           HAYLEY...
  FARGO...              DIXIE...              DAGMAR WMA...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 218.

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 3499 9107 3499 9114 3492 9114 3491 9111
      3487 9111 3486 9109 3477 9111 3479 9173
      3505 9167 3514 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 260DEG 31KT 3495 9146

59

Local storm report, Feb 1, 3:32 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
332 PM CST WED FEB 01 2012

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

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N LEOLA               34.20N 92.59W
02/01/2012                   GRANT              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG 46 SOUTH.

&&

227

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:32 PM CST, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
332 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012

ARZ062-063-066-067-012220-
CALHOUN AR-CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR-OUACHITA AR-
332 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN OUACHITA...SOUTHERN
DALLAS...WESTERN CLEVELAND AND NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL
415 PM CST...

AT 332 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMEAD...OR 20 MILES WEST OF
FORDYCE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORDYCE...            TRI COUNTY LAKE...    THORNTON...
  RAMSEY...             PINE GROVE...         IVAN...
  HOPEVILLE...          HOLLY SPRINGS...      CHAMBERSVILLE...
  NORTH FORDYCE...      LITTLE BAY...         LAKE CATHAY...
  JACINTO...            FORREST BONNER...     FORDYCE MUNI ARPT...
  EBENEZER...           EAGLETTE...           BUCKSNORT...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.

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 3400 9236 3373 9234 3378 9281 3393 9281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 266DEG 27KT 3386 9275

44

Local storm report, Feb 1, 3:43 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
343 PM CST WED FEB 01 2012

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

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HUMNOKE                 34.54N 91.76W
02/01/2012                   LONOKE             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN IN THE HUMNOKE AREA.

0338 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 S SLOVAK              34.61N 91.58W
02/01/2012  M86 MPH          PRAIRIE            AR   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            MEASURED AT THE STUTTGART AIRPORT.

0338 PM     HAIL             3 S SLOVAK              34.61N 91.58W
02/01/2012  E1.50 INCH       PRAIRIE            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

227

Local storm report, Feb 1, 3:49 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
349 PM CST WED FEB 01 2012

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

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PINE BLUFF              34.21N 92.02W
02/01/2012                   JEFFERSON          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN IN PINE BLUFF ON 5TH AND CHERRY. A
            FEW POWERLINES ARE ALSO DOWN.

&&

227

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 4:08 PM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
408 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012

ARZ063-064-068-069-012255-
BRADLEY AR-CLEVELAND AR-DREW AR-LINCOLN AR-
408 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...
NORTHWESTERN DREW...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND NORTHEASTERN BRADLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CST...

AT 406 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF WEEKS...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WARREN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARREN...             MONTICELLO...         WILMAR...
  WEEKS...              PLANTERSVILLE...      LAKE MONTICELLO...
  GREEN HILL...         BRANDON...            RYE...
  ROCK SPRINGS...       RELFS BLUFF...        ORLANDO...
  MONTONGO...           ENON...               COLEMAN...
  TENNESSEE...          SHADY GROVE...        MT PLEASANT...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.

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 3382 9167 3355 9167 3359 9220 3377 9222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 267DEG 30KT 3368 9210

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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
Feb 1, 5:22 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Independence, Jackson and 4 more	4 hr
Feb 1, 11:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	30 min
Feb 1, 12:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	59 min
Feb 1, 12:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell	49 min
Feb 1, 1:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	44 min
Feb 1, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	50 min
Feb 1, 1:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	43 min
Feb 1, 2:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	39 min
Feb 1, 2:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	43 min
Feb 1, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	52 min
Feb 1, 2:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	61 min
Feb 1, 2:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	47 min
Feb 1, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	40 min
Feb 1, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson	35 min
Feb 1, 3:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark	44 min
Feb 1, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	36 min
Feb 1, 3:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	60 min
Feb 1, 3:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	43 min
Feb 1, 3:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	50 min
Feb 1, 3:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	59 min
Feb 1, 3:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	48 min
Feb 1, 3:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	20 min
Feb 1, 3:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	42 min
Feb 1, 3:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	33 min
Feb 1, 4:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	54 min

Nearby

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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.