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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 10:41 PM CDT for Monroe County, Prairie County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 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, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Woodruff County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 937 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 .UPDATE... SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE BETTER CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AR AND NORTHERN LOUISANA WHERE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED. SHORT TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE PRECIP DEVELOP NEAR AND ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT...WITH DECREAING CHANCES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH AND HAVE TRENDED POPS TO THIS WAY. RADAR HAS ALSO SHOWN THIS TREND. ALL UPDATES OUT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 245 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVERALL FORECAST PHILOSOPHY REMAINS NEARLY CONSTANT DURING THIS PERIOD. IN THE NEAR TERM...AN DIURNALLY ENHANCED SEVERE THREAT EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS LOCATION IS JUST NORTH OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...WHERE LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS ENHANCED...AND SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES ARE OVER 2000 J/KG. MCV APPROACHING THIS AREA WILL ALSO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT. UNTIL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...NOW APPROACHING THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...MOVES EAST OF THE CENTRAL U.S...EXPECT SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES TO DEVELOP AND AFFECT THE STATE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS A THREAT THROUGH LATE MONDAY. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL DURING THIS PERIOD. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER MEXICO TO BEGIN THE PERIOD WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE TO THE EAST COAST FRIDAY AS THE UPPER HIGH REMAINS STATIONARY BUT EXPANDS NORTHWARD INTO THE PLAINS. THE UPPER RIDGING SHIFTS EASTWARD SATURDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ON SUNDAY THE RIDGE WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW OVER ARKANSAS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL KEEP AT LEAST SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 65 79 66 78 / 80 70 80 70 CAMDEN AR 68 84 68 84 / 90 70 70 60 HARRISON AR 62 76 62 74 / 60 80 80 60 HOT SPRINGS AR 67 81 65 81 / 90 80 80 60 LITTLE ROCK AR 67 83 67 82 / 90 80 80 70 MONTICELLO AR 70 87 69 84 / 80 70 70 70 MOUNT IDA AR 66 79 64 79 / 80 80 80 50 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 63 76 64 76 / 50 80 80 70 NEWPORT AR 66 81 67 80 / 90 70 80 80 PINE BLUFF AR 68 85 68 83 / 90 80 70 70 RUSSELLVILLE AR 65 79 64 78 / 70 80 80 60 SEARCY AR 66 81 67 80 / 90 80 90 70 STUTTGART AR 68 84 68 83 / 90 80 80 70 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR BAXTER-BOONE- CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD- JACKSON-JOHNSON-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON- PERRY-POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE- VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL. && 224
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:12 PM CDT, 8 hours 29 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. 55
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
923 PM CDT SUN JUN 08 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND GST BENTON 34.57N 92.58W
06/08/2014 E52 MPH SALINE AR STORM CHASER
&&
226Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
928 PM CDT SUN JUN 08 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NE BENTON 34.61N 92.53W
06/08/2014 M63.00 MPH SALINE AR PUBLIC
&&
226Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:45 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott, Yell | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 22 min |
| Jun 9, 7:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 47 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 47 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Desha, Drew | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 3:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 6 days |
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.