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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 24, 20144 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2014, 5:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 24, 2014, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Garland County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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
Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2014-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 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 Apr 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 5:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT THU APR 24 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000-
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-
500 AM CDT THU APR 24 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE STATE. CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY
AND DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN SUNDAY AND AGAIN
ON MONDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE STATE. GIVEN THE
TIME OF YEAR...AND WITH WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND...SOME
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS. WHILE IT IS
TOO EARLY TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS INCLUDING TIMING AND EXTENT OF
THE THREATS...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS BECOMING MORE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING AND EVEN RIVER FLOODING LOOKS TO
ALSO INCREASE AS MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS IN THE COMING DAYS AS DETAILS
REGARDING THE INCREASED HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREAT BECOME MORE
CLEAR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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, Apr 24, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk, Scott28 min
Apr 24, 10:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk29 min
Apr 24, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan, Yell30 min
Apr 24, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope30 min
Apr 24, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell28 min
Apr 24, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline28 min
Apr 24, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKHot Spring30 min
Apr 24, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope31 min
Apr 24, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry32 min
Apr 24, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway31 min
Apr 24, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDallas, Grant30 min
Apr 24, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski33 min
Apr 24, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita28 min
Apr 24, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope31 min
Apr 24, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Saline31 min
Apr 24, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren25 min
Apr 24, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski, Saline32 min
Apr 24, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLincoln30 min
Apr 24, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBradley, Calhoun32 min
Apr 24, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Ouachita49 min
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Scott, Yell47 min
Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White, Woodruff44 min
Apr 24, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott42 min
Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe, Prairie45 min
Apr 24, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha28 min
Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew34 min
Apr 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Drew31 min
Apr 24, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie28 min
Apr 24, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew23 min
Apr 24, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Newton, Pope33 min
Apr 24, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott, Yell31 min
Apr 24, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell36 min
Apr 24, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Prairie33 min
Apr 24, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Drew31 min
Apr 24, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Scott, Yell34 min
Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Saline, Yell39 min
Apr 24, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike46 min
Apr 24, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha30 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence31 min
Apr 24, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline28 min
Apr 24, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe21 min
Apr 24, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski and 1 more49 min

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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.