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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2014, 4:08 PM CDT for 4 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
- Apr 27, 2014, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Izard County, AR, Marion County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 27, 12:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 12:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000- 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 SUN APR 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD THE STATE THIS MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON...STORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND THESE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND MONDAY MORNING. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. THERE IS A HIGH AMOUNT OF WIND ENERGY PRESENT IN ALL LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...SO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS AS WELL. ALSO...WINDS WILL BE TURNING AND INCREASING WITH HEIGHT...WHICH WILL SUPPORT A TORNADO THREAT. WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT...STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE TENDENCY OF STORMS TO FORM AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS WILL ONLY INCREASE THIS THREAT. THROUGH MONDAY...MUCH OF THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO SEE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 30 AND U. S. HIGHWAY 67 CORRIDOR... WHERE AMOUNTS OVER THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING AND EVEN RIVER FLOODING DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...MAINLY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS ON MONDAY. DAMAGING WINDS LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY WILL BE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND POSSIBLY ON MONDAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 10:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 247 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ARZ022-031-032-038-039-272015- CONWAY AR-FAULKNER AR-PERRY AR-POPE AR-YELL AR- 247 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN YELL...SOUTHEASTERN POPE...WESTERN PERRY...WESTERN FAULKNER AND CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF NIMROD LAKE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF PERRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MORRILTON... ST. VINCENT... SPRINGFIELD... SOLGOHACHIA... SEQUOYA PARK... PETIT JEAN STATE PARK... PETIT JEAN MTN... PERRY... OPPELO... MIDDLETON... MALLET TOWN... LANTY... HILL CREEK... HATTIEVILLE... HAPPY BEND... CATHOLIC POINT... CARDEN BOTTOMS... BLICK... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 118. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN! LAT...LON 3546 9266 3525 9238 3487 9305 3500 9320 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 229DEG 48KT 3499 9304 226
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 317 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ARZ023-024-031>033-272045- CLEBURNE AR-CONWAY AR-FAULKNER AR-VAN BUREN AR-WHITE AR- 317 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WHITE...SOUTHEASTERN VAN BUREN...NORTHERN FAULKNER...EASTERN CONWAY AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MENIFEE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONWAY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONWAY... WOOSTER... WOOLLY HOLLOW STATE PARK... WHIPPLE... TWIN GROVES... SPRINGHILL... SPRINGFIELD... ROSE BUD... QUITMAN... PICKLES GAP... MENIFEE... MALLET TOWN... GUY... GREENBRIER... FAIRBANKS... ENOLA... DAMASCUS... CHOCTAW RECREATION AREA... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 127. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3560 9235 3531 9197 3505 9248 3519 9262 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 220DEG 52KT 3522 9249 225
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:21 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 321 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ARZ013-014-023-024-031-272050- CLEBURNE AR-CONWAY AR-SEARCY AR-STONE AR-VAN BUREN AR- 321 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN VAN BUREN...SOUTHWESTERN STONE...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SEARCY...NORTHEASTERN CONWAY AND NORTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAUDE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREERS FERRY LAKE... FAIRFIELD BAY... CLINTON... WHIPPLE... SUGAR LOAF RECREATION AREA... SHIRLEY... OLD LEXINGTON... MT EVANS... HIGDEN... GREERS FERRY... FAIRFIELD BAY MARINA... CLAUDE... CHOCTAW RECREATION AREA... CHOCTAW... SOUTH FORK REC AREA... RUSHING... NARROWS MARINA... MORGANTON... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3584 9240 3561 9198 3535 9255 3543 9265 TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 220DEG 50KT 3547 9251 225
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 8:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway, Perry | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Yell | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Logan, Pope, Van Buren, Yell | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike and 2 more | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Logan, Pope, Yell | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 43 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.