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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2013, 5:57 PM CDT for Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 1, 2013, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Scott County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 220 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS THIS FORECAST CYCLE ARE CHANCES OF CONVECTION FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TODAY MAINLY WITH PULSE STORM ENVIRONMENT...THEN A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MONDAY TO TUESDAY AS IT SAGS THROUGH AR. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TO MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL VALUES BY MID WEEK...WITH LOWERING HEAT INDEX VALUES. AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN AR HAS SLOWLY WEAKENED AND MOVED SE...BUT STILL SOME DEVELOP IS ON GOING. NOW PULSE STORMS FORMING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AR...AND WILL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ANY OUT FLOW BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER RIDGE HAS MOVED WELL TO THE WEST...NOW CENTERED MORE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...AND THE UPPER SHORT WAVE HAS HELPED DEVELOP THE CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN AR...AS WELL AS IN PLACE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE HELPING. 12Z KLZK SOUNDING HAD A PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 1.65 INCHES AND AN LI OF -7 AND CAPE 3200 J/KG. CLOUD COVER HAS INCREASED OVER NORTHERN AR WITH THE CONVECTION AND HAS KEPT TEMPS LOWER THAN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. HEAT INDEX VALUES HAVE HELD TODAY FROM THE UPPER 90S TO LESS THAN 105 DEGREES. OTHERWISE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL REMAIN QUITE LOW AND VERY ISOLATED...IF ANY DOES OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE A SLIGHT TO A CHANCE OF CONVECTION IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EVENING PERIOD DUE TO THE SHORT WAVE...AND PULSE STORM POTENTIAL. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A STORM. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE STATE...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY GRADUALLY SAGS THROUGH THE STATE. HAVE KEPT POP FORECAST IN THE CHANCE CAT DUE TO LIMITED UPPER DYNAMICS AND FORCING. OVERALL RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE FROM A TENTH OF LESS TO AROUND HALF AN INCH. SOME ISOLATED SPOTS WILL SEE AROUND ONE INCH OR MORE IF A STRONG STORM HITS AN AREA...OR ANY TRAINING OF STORMS SETS UP. PRECIP WATER VALUES WILL BE ABOVE ONE INCH AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THEN LOWER QUICKLY WITH A DRIER AIR MASS FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. SEVERE THREAT REMAINS ISOLATED. TEMPS WILL ALSO GRADUALLY LOWER BACK TO NORMAL VALUES DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES INITIALLY...THEN BEHIND THE FRONT A COOLER AND DRY AIR MASS WILL HELP TAKE TEMPS A BIT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MID WEEK. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE ROCKIES TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO ARKANSAS DURING THE PERIOD AND CHANCES WILL NOT BE GOOD FOR PRECIPITATION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S AND LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 72 93 65 88 / 30 10 10 10 CAMDEN AR 73 97 73 94 / 30 30 20 10 HARRISON AR 69 89 62 86 / 20 10 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 73 96 71 92 / 30 20 20 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 73 97 71 91 / 30 20 20 10 MONTICELLO AR 74 97 73 94 / 30 30 20 10 MOUNT IDA AR 71 96 69 92 / 30 20 20 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 69 90 63 87 / 20 10 10 10 NEWPORT AR 73 93 66 88 / 30 10 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 73 96 72 92 / 30 30 20 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 72 96 67 91 / 30 20 10 10 SEARCY AR 72 94 68 89 / 30 20 10 10 STUTTGART AR 74 95 70 90 / 30 20 20 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...59 / LONG TERM...51
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000- 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 SUN SEP 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS ARKANSAS TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE LINGERS OVER THE REGION. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY... MAINLY OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. WHILE A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...THE CHANCES OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH ARKANSAS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SMALL RAIN CHANCES WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 25 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.