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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 23, 2014Faulkner County, Lonoke County, Pulaski County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2014, 4:38 PM CDT for Faulkner County, Lonoke County, Pulaski County, 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
Jul 23, 2014, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Faulkner County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Pulaski County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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
Jul 23, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2014-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 320 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2014-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-305 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 23, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
228 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WITH A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE SHORT TERM PERIOD.

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD MOVE SLOWLY AND PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN AND UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL. EXPECT PRECIPITATION
TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

DRIER AIR WILL BE USHERED INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT. NO RAIN
IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH. THURSDAY WILL BE A
BIT COOLER...THEN A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS BRIEFLY.

&&

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SUNDAYS COLD FRONT IS LOOKING EVEN LESS IMPRESSIVE...QPF WISE...THAN
IT DID THIS TIME YESTERDAY AND LOWERED POPS ACCORDINGLY.
HOWEVER...NORTHWEST FLOW FOLLOWING FROPA WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER COOL
DOWN TO LINGER THROUGH THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE WORK WEEK. ADDED
SOME SLIGHT POPS TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD AS THE UPPER LEVEL
PATTERN AMPLIFIES AND THE NEXT SYSTEM BUILDS OVER THE OK/TX
PANHANDLES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     67  84  62  89 /  30  10  10  10
CAMDEN AR         72  92  66  93 /  40  10  10  10
HARRISON AR       65  85  63  90 /  20  10  10  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    71  91  66  92 /  40  10  10  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  71  88  65  91 /  30  10  10  10
MONTICELLO AR     71  91  65  93 /  40  10  10  10
MOUNT IDA AR      71  91  66  92 /  40  10  10  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  65  85  62  90 /  20  10  10  10
NEWPORT AR        68  84  62  89 /  30  10  10  10
PINE BLUFF AR     71  90  65  92 /  40  10  10  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   70  88  65  91 /  20  10  10  10
SEARCY AR         69  86  63  90 /  30  10  10  10
STUTTGART AR      71  87  64  91 /  40  10  10  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM...61
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
315 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241000-
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-
315 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:01 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
401 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

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

0352 PM     FLASH FLOOD      KNOXVILLE               35.38N 93.36W
07/23/2014                   JOHNSON            AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO HOMES EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN KNOXVILLE.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:27 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
427 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E MENA                34.58N 94.22W
07/23/2014                   POLK               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 8 EAST OF MENA AIRPORT.

0401 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPRINGFIELD             35.27N 92.57W
07/23/2014                   CONWAY             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD.

0401 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MORRILTON               35.16N 92.74W
07/23/2014                   CONWAY             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MORRILTON.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HATFIELD                34.49N 94.38W
07/23/2014                   POLK               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSES IN HATFIELD.

0408 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW OLA                35.00N 93.26W
07/23/2014                   YELL               AR   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN PLAINVIEW AND OLA.

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROVER                   34.95N 93.41W
07/23/2014                   YELL               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE FELL ON A VEHICLE IN ROVER.

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OLA                     35.03N 93.22W
07/23/2014                   YELL               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE ON A HOUSE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE IN OLA.

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OLA                     35.03N 93.22W
07/23/2014                   YELL               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ON BAILEY HILL ROAD A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED BY A
            TREE.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:33 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
433 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHERRY HILL             34.59N 94.00W
07/23/2014                   POLK               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINE WAS DOWNED JUST EAST OF CHERRY HILL.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp44 min
Jul 23, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson22 min
Jul 23, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard49 min
Jul 23, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway27 min
Jul 23, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope, Yell46 min
Jul 23, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson42 min
Jul 23, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan30 min
Jul 23, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion40 min
Jul 23, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Yell38 min
Jul 23, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone45 min
Jul 23, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott, Yell60 min
Jul 23, 3:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope, Yell2 hr
Jul 23, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSearcy, Stone30 min
Jul 23, 3:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Scott, Yell119 min
Jul 23, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White, Woodruff57 min
Jul 23, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell64 min
Jul 23, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone, White34 min
Jul 23, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline46 min
Jul 23, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White and 1 more48 min
Jul 23, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk49 min
Jul 23, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Saline47 min
Jul 23, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski47 min
Jul 23, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson and 2 more45 min
Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring45 min
Jul 23, 5:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski, Saline2 hr
Jul 23, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski29 min
Jul 23, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring and 3 more37 min
Jul 23, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Ouachita27 min
Jul 23, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant and 5 more45 min
Jul 23, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita38 min
Jul 23, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Ouachita38 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.