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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 8, 2014Bradley County, Calhoun County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 3:06 PM CDT for Bradley County, Calhoun County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2014, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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
Jun 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2072 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.7

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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 8, 2:45 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:45 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:12 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
212 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091015-
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-
212 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING...ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY...AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZED DUE TO SOLAR HEATING.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. IN
ADDITION...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

ALSO...STORM THAT FORM THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT...WILL
BE EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS. RAINFALL MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE WITH
SOME STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF
OF THE WEEK. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EACH DAY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST...MAINLY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO BE OF SOME CONCERN.
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 ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY.

&&

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant45 min
Jun 7, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant30 min
Jun 7, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas28 min
Jun 8, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk, Scott44 min
Jun 8, 3:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott46 min
Jun 8, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk41 min
Jun 8, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell45 min
Jun 8, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk28 min
Jun 8, 5:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland32 min
Jun 8, 5:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark, Grant, Hot Spring44 min
Jun 8, 6:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDallas, Grant46 min
Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun33 min
Jun 8, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Drew20 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.