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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2014, 9:42 AM CDT for Cleveland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2014, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 10:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
County Cleveland County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 17.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 13, 2:57 AM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 2:57 AM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 257 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS MORNING IS PRETTY MESSY...WITH SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE CENTERS OVER TEXAS/OKLAHOMA NEAR AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND SMALLER MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES FROM NORTH TEXAS WELL INTO ARKANSAS. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...THERE IS PLENTY OF DIFFLUENCE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MID SOUTH...WITH THE NOSE OF THE 50 KNOT JET APPROACHING AT 500 MB. ALL THESE INGREDIENTS COMBINED WILL MAKE FOR SOME ACTIVE WEATHER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH SCATTERED INDIVIDUAL CELLS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THIS IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AS WELL AS NORTH TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. DECENT LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT A HAIL THREAT AS WELL. AND...WITH A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET...AND WINDS BACKING TO THE SOUTHEAST...THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY WITH CELLS OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN AREA. WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER...THE STORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS...AND IT WILL NOT BE UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT A QUICK ONE TO THREE INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. FOR THIS REASON... AND THE FACT THAT MUCH OF NORTHWEST...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS...HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ALSO...HAVE ADJUSTED THE EXPIRATION TIME TO 00Z TO ACCOUNT FOR THE THREAT CONTINUING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE EAST. WINDS WILL BE AN ISSUE TODAY...WITH A STRONG GRADIENT SURROUNDING THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ATTENDANT FRONT. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND AREAS WEST OF THE I-30/US 67 CORRIDORS. OVER THE PRAIRIES OF EASTERN ARKANSAS... WINDS WILL BE A BIT STRONGER...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... AND HIGHER GUSTS. OVER THIS AREA...WILL KEEP THE WIND ADVISORY... WITH THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINING OVER THE NORTHWEST TWO- THIRDS. THE ACTUAL FRONT ITSELF WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS BY THIS EVENING...CLEARING THE AREA LATE. HOWEVER...WITH A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS/SOUTHERN MISSOURI BEHIND THE SYSTEM...THERE WILL BE DECENT WRAPAROUND MOISTURE MOVING IN. CONSEQUENTLY...CONTINUED RAIN CHANCES INTO TUESDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. UPPER RIDGING WILL TRY TO BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THIS WILL CONTRACT ENOUGH TO BRING A WEAK FRONT TOWARD THE REGION...WHICH WILL AFFECT THE AREA JUST BEYOND THE END OF THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN LIMITED...WITH ONLY AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND A WIND SHIFT NOTED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 70S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 73 54 61 49 / 100 50 30 10 CAMDEN AR 78 54 71 51 / 100 30 20 10 HARRISON AR 73 50 59 47 / 100 40 40 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 75 54 68 49 / 100 30 20 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 78 55 66 50 / 100 30 30 10 MONTICELLO AR 77 54 69 51 / 100 40 20 10 MOUNT IDA AR 72 52 68 45 / 100 30 20 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 73 52 60 48 / 100 50 40 10 NEWPORT AR 74 55 62 50 / 100 50 30 10 PINE BLUFF AR 79 54 68 50 / 100 40 20 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 71 54 64 49 / 100 40 30 10 SEARCY AR 71 54 64 49 / 100 40 30 10 STUTTGART AR 77 54 66 52 / 100 40 30 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BAXTER-BOONE-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON- GARLAND-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION- MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT- SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-YELL. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR 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. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GRANT- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-OUACHITA-PRAIRIE-WHITE- WOODRUFF. && SHORT TERM...57 / LONG TERM...58
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141000- 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 MON OCT 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. IF ANY STORMS DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE...THERE IS A RISK FOR TORNADOES TODAY. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE IN AREAS EAST OF LITTLE ROCK. ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL FALL IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LATE LAST WEEK...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BE COMMON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 13, 8:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
838 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 S JASPER 35.86N 93.19W
10/13/2014 NEWTON AR EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE AREA...INCLUDING ONE TREE THAT
FELL ON A HOUSE.
&&
226Special weather statement, Oct 13, 8:52 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 852 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ARZ024-032-033-131435- CLEBURNE AR-FAULKNER AR-WHITE AR- 852 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WHITE...EASTERN FAULKNER AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT... AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF VILONIA...OR 11 MILES EAST OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VILONIA... ROSE BUD... QUITMAN... MT VERNON... GRAVEL HILL... ENOLA... SIDON... ROMANCE... PEARSON... JOY... HOPEWELL... HOLLAND... ENDERS... BARNEY... 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 3549 9221 3535 9185 3503 9225 3512 9234 TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 208DEG 45KT 3515 9224 65
Local storm report, Oct 13, 9:03 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
903 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW DEGRAY LAKE SP 34.27N 93.16W
10/13/2014 HOT SPRING AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 128 AND HIGHWAY 7.
&&
226Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:17 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 917 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ARZ062-063-067-068-131500- BRADLEY AR-CALHOUN AR-CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR- 917 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS... SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 914 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAMPTON... WEEKS... TRI COUNTY LAKE... TIPTON... HAMPTON MUNI ARPT... ELLISVILLE... TINSMAN... ORLANDO... NEW EDINBURG... MARKS MILLS STATE PARK... 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 3385 9236 3371 9210 3351 9245 3356 9249 TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 215DEG 50KT 3363 9238 65
Local storm report, Oct 13, 9:23 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
923 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0726 AM TSTM WND DMG JESSIEVILLE 34.70N 93.07W
10/13/2014 GARLAND AR CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN.
&&
57Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:42 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan, Polk, Scott | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Yell | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Scott | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone, Newton | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Pope, Saline, Scott and 1 more | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike and 1 more | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope and 2 more | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy and 1 more | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Van Buren | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 8 min |
| Oct 13, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 8:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 10:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 21 min |
| Oct 13, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 11:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 11:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 11:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha | 22 min |
| Oct 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 29 hr |
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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.