Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 37
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 28, 2014, 2:35 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2014, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 80 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Washington County, MS, McCurtain County, OK, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 80%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
64 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 20 min |
| Mar 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Miller, Nevada | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Ouachita | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Smith | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Smith | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine and 1 more | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew and 2 more | 115 min |
| Mar 28, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto, Sabine | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 3 more | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Ouachita, Winn | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 60 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Franklin and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Miller | 94 min |
| Mar 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot, Desha, Phillips | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Phillips | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 35 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | De Soto, Red River, Sabine | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 48 more | 115 min |
| Mar 28, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet and 50 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Houston, Jasper and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 5 more | 5 hr |
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.