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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 6, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
County Drew County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 6, 11:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 11:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1147 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 .AVIATION... TSRA CHANCES APPEAR BEST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST SECTIONS...BETWEEN 20-23Z. EXPECT SCATTERED MVFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 14Z DUE TO FOG. 55 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 645 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012/ AVIATION... A COLD FRONT REMAINS ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. CUMULUS WILL DEVELOP CENTRAL AND SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON BUT HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE DOMINANT. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 543 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE SAGGING INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS OR NORTHERN LOUSIANA THIS MORNING BEFORE STALLING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE NEAREST THE FRONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER THAN SMALL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE SOME PATCHY FOG IN THE WEST/SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING FOLLOWING STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS...BUT WILL REMAIN A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...BUT THEN THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH WEDNESDAY WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR RAIN. THE EXITING FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A NEW COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH LATE THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN. IN THE END...TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS COMMON IN THE NEAR TERM AS IN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UPPER HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL BE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TO BEGIN THE PERIOD WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST SUNDAY BUT THE HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. WILL KEEP DRY WEATHER OVER THE AREA FOR FRIDAY. HOWEVER...A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO BRING SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 90S WITH SOME UPPER 80S IN THE NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 93 69 95 70 / 10 10 10 10 CAMDEN AR 96 73 97 73 / 30 10 10 10 HARRISON AR 94 66 96 70 / 10 10 0 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 97 72 98 73 / 20 10 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 97 72 97 73 / 20 10 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 96 72 96 73 / 30 10 10 10 MOUNT IDA AR 97 71 99 73 / 20 10 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 94 66 96 70 / 10 10 0 10 NEWPORT AR 94 70 94 71 / 10 10 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 96 72 96 73 / 30 10 10 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 97 70 99 72 / 10 10 10 10 SEARCY AR 95 71 96 72 / 20 10 10 10 STUTTGART AR 96 72 95 72 / 20 10 10 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...99
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-071000- 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- 500 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT IN SOUTH ARKANSAS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE TO THE LOUISIANA BORDER BY LATE TODAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE REGAINING CONTROL OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S IN MOST LOCATIONS. MEANWHILE...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN SOUTH ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...LARGE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH TO EXTREME TODAY DUE TO THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS. BURN BANS ARE IN PLACE OVER MOST COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS AND BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SMALL RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATER IN THE WEEK AS ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE PLAINS STATES. THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH TO EXTREME THROUGHOUT THE WORK WEEK. RAINFALL THAT DOES OCCUR EARLY IN THE PERIOD WILL HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON THE CURRENT DROUGHT SITUATION. .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. 51
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
904 AM CDT MON AUG 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S AMITY 34.22N 93.46W
08/05/2012 CLARK AR EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OVER WESTERN CLARK COUNTY.
&&
MCLAYSpecial weather statement, Aug 6, 1:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 101 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 ARZ042-043-061830- GARLAND AR-SALINE AR- 101 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SALINE AND NORTHEASTERN GARLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF LAKE LAGO...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF HOT SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE WINONA... LAKE LAGO... LAKE CORONADO... LAKE BALBOA... HOT SPGS VILLAGE... REFORM... WOLF PINNACLE... SHORT MTN... MUSE MTN... LAKE PINEDA... LAKE DESOTO... LAKE CORTEZ... GOOSEPOND MTN... BREAD CREEK PINNACLE... ANGLING PINNACLE... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3482 9278 3457 9294 3469 9306 3480 9297 TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 298DEG 5KT 3474 9295 /227
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:26 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
126 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
ARZ042-061855-
GARLAND AR-
126 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GARLAND COUNTY UNTIL 200
PM CDT...
AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LENA LNDG REC AREA...OR 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE OUACHITA...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WHEN IT FALLS
APART..
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE OUACHITA... LENA LNDG REC AREA... LAKE OUACHITA SP...
MT TABOR... HAMILTON... AVANT...
THREE SISTERS LNDG... PILOT KNOB... OUACHITA PINNACLE...
CEDAR FOURCHE PARK... BUCKVILLE... BRADY MTN REC AREA...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3456 9336 3476 9338 3476 9330 3477 9315
3461 9309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 082DEG 4KT 3470 9318
/227Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 130 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 ARZ039-042-043-061900- GARLAND AR-PERRY AR-SALINE AR- 130 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SALINE...CENTRAL PERRY AND NORTHEASTERN GARLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WINONA...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONG MTN... LAKE WINONA... LAKE SYLVIA... LAKE LAGO... LAKE CORONADO... LAKE BALBOA... HOT SPGS VILLAGE... REFORM... PARON... OWENSVILLE... CROWS... BLAND... WOLF PINNACLE... WHITTINGTON... WHITE OAK MTN... SMITH PINNACLE... SATUMA... RUBICON... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3494 9281 3464 9263 3456 9295 3486 9311 TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 243DEG 2KT 3478 9289 /227
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:42 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
145 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
ARZ069-061930-
DREW AR-
145 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN DREW COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
CDT...
AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO... ENON... COLLINS...
SIXTEENTH SECTION... SEVEN DEVILS SWAMP...
MONTICELLO MUNI ARPT... MCCLOY PARK...
KILLIN... DEANE... COMINTO...
BYRD LAKE... BYNUM LAKE... BAXTER...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3341 9171 3364 9182 3373 9164 3351 9144
3349 9145 3338 9167 3339 9169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 330DEG 6KT 3361 9168
56The 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, 1:53 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, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 45 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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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.