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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 6, 20146 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 2:53 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 52 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, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Monroe County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 6, 10:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
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 Jun 6, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 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

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:00 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:02 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
202 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0158 PM     TSTM WND GST     SHERWOOD                34.83N 92.21W
06/06/2014  E65 MPH          PULASKI            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 65 MPH ON WARDEN ROAD IN SHERWOOD.
            BUILDING LOCATED NEXT TO RUSSELL HONDA CAR DEALERSHIP HAS
            WINDOWS BLOWN IN.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:04 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
204 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0138 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE JACKSONVILLE       34.90N 92.07W
06/06/2014                   LONOKE             AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD NEAR MILE
            MARKER 12 OF US 67.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:08 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
208 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     TSTM WND GST     ALEXANDER               34.63N 92.44W
06/06/2014  E55 MPH          PULASKI            AR   PUBLIC

            WIND GUST OF 55 MPH ESTIMATED IN ALEXANDER WITH TREES
            BENDING OVER.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:10 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
210 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK    34.75N 92.28W
06/06/2014                   PULASKI            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS LITTLE ROCK
            INCLUDING ON 8TH AND GAINES STREET, PRIDE VALLEY DRIVE,
            MARKHAM NEAR THE STATE CAPITOL, VALLEY CLUB CIRCLE, AND
            HINSON ROAD.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
253 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     TSTM WND GST     OIL TROUGH              35.63N 91.46W
06/06/2014  M66 MPH          INDEPENDENCE       AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	32 min
Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone, Marion	31 min
Jun 6, 10:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	15 days
Jun 6, 10:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	49 min
Jun 6, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	28 min
Jun 6, 11:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	45 min
Jun 6, 11:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell	42 min
Jun 6, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery and 3 more	54 min
Jun 6, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Garland, Hot Spring, Johnson, Logan, Perry and 3 more	43 min
Jun 6, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline and 1 more	49 min
Jun 6, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski and 3 more	51 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Marion, Searcy, Stone	44 min
Jun 6, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline	31 min
Jun 6, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke and 6 more	44 min
Jun 6, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Marion, Searcy and 2 more	48 min
Jun 6, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Independence, Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, Stone and 2 more	26 min
Jun 6, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp	42 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Independence, Sharp	35 min

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.