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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 24, 20155 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2015, 6:11 PM CDT for 5 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: May 24, 2015, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Sharp County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
May 24, 12:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 May 24, 5:24 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 5:24 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
524 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION...BRINGING
VERY STRONG WINDS TO MANY AREAS...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK.
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST...WITH HIGH RES GUIDANCE
INDICATING MORE STORMS DEVELOPING AS ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS
MOVES NORTHEAST. WHILE NOT EXPECTING MORE IN THE WAY OF SEVERE
STORMS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL NOT HELP THE FLOODING
CONCERNS ACROSS THE REGION.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY. RAIN
CHANCES WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE MEMORIAL DAY...BUT WILL INCREASE
MARKEDLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES
WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND WITH SATURATED GROUND AND RIVERS/STREAMS
ALREADY RUNNING HIGHS...THERE IS A CONCERN FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING.
AND AS USUAL...THIS FLOODING EVENT WILL MOSTLY BE A NIGHT...ONLY
BRINGING EVEN MORE OF A CONCERN FOR A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...BUT AN
UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LONG TERM.
&&

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ZONAL FLOW WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE UPPER RIDGE
WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AN UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
PLAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GIVEN THIS SET UP...WILL KEEP RAIN
CHANCES THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH BEST RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE
NORTH. ALSO...WITH A COLD FRONT ENTERING NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SATURDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT 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.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON 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.
&&

SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...51

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 1:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
105 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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-
105 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ISOLATED
TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF ARKANSAS THROUGH 7 PM.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...LEADING TO AN
INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW
EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE REGION. AS A RESULT...
AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
ARKANSAS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS
WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY.

DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...AS WELL AS INCREASE THE LEVELS OF
AREA RIVERS. ARKANSANS ARE REMINDED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
THE NEXT FEW DAYS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT.

&&

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

44/51

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
501 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW ALEXANDER          34.65N 92.47W
05/24/2015                   SALINE             AR   SOCIAL MEDIA

            LARGE TREE UPROOTED NEAR MIDLAND ROAD.

&&

226

Local storm report, May 24, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
507 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW VILONIA            35.10N 92.24W
05/24/2015                   FAULKNER           AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE OAK TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 36.

&&

226

Local storm report, May 24, 5:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MT VERNON               35.22N 92.13W
05/24/2015                   FAULKNER           AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY NORTH OF GARLAND SPRINGS ROAD
            AND HIGHWAY 310.

&&

226

Local storm report, May 24, 5:13 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
513 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

0446 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 WSW GLENLAKE          34.18N 91.93W
05/24/2015  M59 MPH          JEFFERSON          AR   ASOS

            THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 59 MPH AT GRIDER FIELD.

&&

46

Local storm report, May 24, 5:38 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
538 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NW CABOT                34.98N 92.02W
05/24/2015                   LONOKE             AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            LARGE TREE SNAPPED IN HALF...WITH SOME SHINGLE DAMAGE DUE
            TO THE WINDS.

&&

58

Local storm report, May 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
546 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREERS FERRY            35.58N 92.18W
05/24/2015                   CLEBURNE           AR   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WITH TREES DOWN.

&&

59

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 3:52 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	15 hr
May 24, 9:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	30 min
May 24, 10:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	31 min
May 24, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	11 days
May 24, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry	13 days
May 24, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	10 days
May 24, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	14 days
May 24, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	9 days
May 24, 12:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	5 days
May 24, 12:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Nevada, Ouachita	5 days
May 24, 12:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	4 days
May 24, 12:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	14 days
May 24, 12:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White	4 days
May 24, 12:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	13 days
May 24, 1:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	13 days
May 24, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	43 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Pulaski	36 hr
May 24, 2:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	3 hr
May 24, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	46 min
May 24, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 1 more	51 min
May 24, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Ouachita	54 min
May 24, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	49 min
May 24, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	48 min
May 24, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline	30 min
May 24, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Jefferson and 1 more	26 min
May 24, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	26 min
May 24, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	24 min
May 24, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	50 min
May 24, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Yell	60 min
May 24, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	49 min
May 24, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln and 1 more	45 min
May 24, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	35 min
May 24, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline and 1 more	43 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline, White	24 min
May 24, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	47 min
May 24, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Prairie and 1 more	60 min
May 24, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	55 min
May 24, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	60 min
May 24, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lonoke and 3 more	41 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone	40 min
May 24, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Monroe	49 min
May 24, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	31 min
May 24, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp and 3 more	38 min
May 24, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	53 min
May 24, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	21 min
May 24, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard	31 min

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.