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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 16, 2013Newton County, Searcy County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2013, 7:20 PM CDT for Newton County, Searcy County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 16, 2013, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2465 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
238 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

ARZ003-162025-
BOONE AR-
238 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BOONE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF ROBERSON HOLLOW...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GREEN FOREST...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARRISON...           WININGTON...          WILLIS...
  SELF...               ROBERSON HOLLOW...    OMAHA...
  MYRTLE...             LEAD HILL...          DIAMOND CITY...
  CAPPS...              BERGMAN...            ZINC...
  SOUTH LEAD HILL...    RIDGEWAY...           BURLINGTON...
  BATAVIA...            ALPENA...

THIS STORM 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.

LAT...LON 3650 9289 3621 9289 3622 9330 3650 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 274DEG 17KT 3640 9327

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

ARZ037-040-041-162140-
MONTGOMERY AR-POLK AR-SCOTT AR-
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCOTT...NORTHERN POLK AND
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF LAKE HINKLE...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WALDRON...MOVING EAST AT 5 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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALDRON...            QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK...
  OLIVER...             MORGAN SPRINGS...     LAKE HINKLE...
  CARDIFF...            BEAUCHAMP...
  BLACK FORK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS...           Y CITY...
  WINFIELD...           UNION HILL...         RICH MTN...
  PARKS...              OLIO...               NOLA...
  NEEDMORE...           HON...                HARVEY...

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 3493 9445 3496 9441 3495 9439 3496 9437
      3496 9429 3497 9424 3501 9424 3501 9372
      3465 9372 3465 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 269DEG 4KT 3486 9419

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion, Searcy30 min
Jun 16, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter, Marion31 min
Jun 16, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner30 min
Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKStone31 min
Jun 17, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDallas59 min
Jun 17, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline29 min
Jun 17, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke46 min
Jun 17, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott44 min
Jun 17, 11:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke27 min
Jun 17, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLincoln32 min
Jun 17, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew, Lincoln45 min
Jun 17, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter46 min
Jun 17, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas, Monroe31 min
Jun 17, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFulton, Izard46 min
Jun 17, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew28 min
Jun 17, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew27 min
Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.