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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 6, 20149 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 12:32 PM CDT for 9 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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 6, 2014, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Conway County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Saline County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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
Jun 6, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1525 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 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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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 6, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1010 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

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-
1010 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...MOVING EASTWARD FROM EASTERN
OKLAHOMA...WILL AFFECT MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AS THE
COMPLEX MOVES EASTWARD...STORMS MEETING SEVERE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY.

LOCALLY HEAVY...AND POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS COMPLEX.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL
IMPULSES WILL TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AND INTERACT WITH THE FRONT TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST...MAINLY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME WOULD BE DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...SOME LATE NIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR AS WELL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO REMAIN A CONCERN...WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...
PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone32 min
Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone, Marion31 min
Jun 6, 10:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff15 days
Jun 6, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike, Polk49 min
Jun 6, 11:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott28 min
Jun 6, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone45 min
Jun 6, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell42 min
Jun 6, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery and 3 more54 min
Jun 6, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline and 1 more49 min
Jun 6, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski and 3 more51 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion, Searcy, Stone44 min
Jun 6, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline31 min
Jun 6, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke and 6 more44 min
Jun 6, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Marion, Searcy and 2 more48 min
Jun 6, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Independence, Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, Stone and 2 more26 min
Jun 6, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp42 min
Jun 6, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Independence, Jackson, Monroe, White, Woodruff52 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Independence, Sharp35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.