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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 22, 2013Johnson County, Logan County, Pope County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2013, 5:06 PM CDT for Johnson County, Logan County, Pope County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 22, 2013, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Pope County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-360 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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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 Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 12:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:15 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:35 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:43 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFulton43 min
Jul 22, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton27 min
Jul 22, 6:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton, Searcy31 min
Jul 22, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner46 min
Jul 22, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone45 min
Jul 22, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSearcy45 min
Jul 22, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren26 min
Jul 22, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite25 min
Jul 22, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite25 min
Jul 22, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan44 min
Jul 22, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski30 min
Jul 22, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski31 min
Jul 22, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski51 min
Jul 22, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Prairie49 min
Jul 22, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Yell52 min
Jul 22, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski47 min
Jul 22, 3:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski3 hr
Jul 22, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff45 min
Jul 22, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe45 min
Jul 22, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry32 min
Jul 22, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLogan, Yell106 min
Jul 22, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson30 min
Jul 22, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope32 min
Jul 22, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry46 min
Jul 22, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner, Pulaski45 min
Jul 22, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski38 min
Jul 22, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Van Buren30 min
Jul 22, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke, Pulaski44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.