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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2013, 12:15 PM CDT for Logan County, Scott 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2013, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, AR, Scott County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 30, 10:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1048 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 .UPDATE... CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A HEALTHY BAND OF MOISTURE COMING UP FROM EAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...WITH DEWPOINTS MOSTLY AT OR ABOVE 70 DEGREES. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IS ALSO SHOWING AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PUSHING IN FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY. OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM HAS PERSISTED...AND EVEN BECOME A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD. AHEAD OF THAT SYSTEM...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS HAVE PERISISTED OR DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL/EASTERN ARKANSAS. SEE NO REASON THAT THIS TREND WON/T CONTINUE AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE HEATING OF THE DAY. BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS IN THE DELTA REGION MAY ALLOW FOR BETTER THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS WELL. HAVE SENT OUT AN UPDATE TO ALL FORECASTS...RASING PRECIP CHANCES IN ALL AREAS...AS WELL AS ADJUSTING THE FORECAST TO BETTER REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. FOR NOW...HAVE LEFT MAXIMUM TEMPS AS-IS...SINCE CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...AND PRECIP SHOULD BECOME A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD. MAY EVEN HAVE TO LOWER THEM IN A FEW PLACES FOR SUCCESSIVE UPDATES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 602 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013/ AVIATION... STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES TO WANE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA/WESTERN ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME BUT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE ELSEWHERE AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING FOR OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY LATE IN THE PERIOD AS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN SCATTERED IN NATURE BUT THE BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST TERMINALS. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 57
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 5:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 30, 11:59 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1159 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
ARZ030-037-301730-
LOGAN AR-SCOTT AR-
1159 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SCOTT AND WESTERN LOGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...
AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MANSFIELD TO NEAR MORGAN SPRINGS TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORGAN
SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALDRON... BOONEVILLE... RATCLIFF...
OLIVER... MORGAN SPRINGS... MANSFIELD...
LAKE HINKLE... ECHO... BEAUCHAMP...
WINFIELD... LUCAS... IONE...
HON... ELM PARK... CHISMVILLE...
CAUTHRON... CAULKSVILLE... CAROLAN...
THESE STORMS 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.
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 3493 9445 3496 9441 3497 9424 3505 9423
3507 9425 3511 9415 3515 9414 3515 9404
3523 9404 3524 9393 3533 9391 3532 9382
3512 9381 3475 9424 3473 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 219DEG 32KT 3507 9418 3492 9432
3485 9438
/62The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 30 min |
| May 30, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 44 min |
| May 30, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 31 min |
| May 30, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Scott, Yell | 46 min |
| May 30, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 44 min |
| May 30, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Searcy and 2 more | 48 min |
| May 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 44 min |
| May 30, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 17 more | 53 hr |
| May 30, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 29 min |
| May 30, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter, Searcy | 44 min |
| May 30, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 41 min |
| May 30, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 52 min |
| May 30, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Yell | 44 min |
| May 30, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 41 min |
| May 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 41 min |
| May 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 30, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 26 min |
| May 30, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 41 min |
| May 30, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Stone | 50 min |
| May 30, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 32 min |
| May 30, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 49 min |
| May 30, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 41 min |
| May 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Saline | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 36 min |
| May 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Yell | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 31 min |
| May 30, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Polk, Scott and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 52 min |
| May 30, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 23 min |
| May 30, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 52 min |
| May 30, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 38 min |
| May 30, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 44 min |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 51 min |
| May 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Perry and 3 more | 4 hr |
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.