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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT for Conway County, Pope County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 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, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Conway County, AR, Pope County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
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, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 5:00 AM CDT, 13 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000- BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD- INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY- FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND- SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT- JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA-CALHOUN- BRADLEY-DREW- 500 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST AHEAD OF A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT IN THE PLAINS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD FRIDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. AS FAR AS RAINFALL IN THE COMING DAYS...ONE TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE NOTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. AT THIS TIME...RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME EXCESSIVE...AND ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SPOTTY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK. 46
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
334 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
ARZ012-013-021>023-242100-
JOHNSON AR-SEARCY AR-VAN BUREN AR-NEWTON AR-POPE AR-
334 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL VAN BUREN...
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHERN NEWTON...SOUTHWESTERN SEARCY AND
NORTHERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 333 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ROSETTA...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE... LAMAR... ROSETTA...
SMYRNA... BERTHA... WITTS SPRING...
DEVILS KNOB... WALNUT... HOLMAN...
DILLEN... SOLO... MOORE...
BROOMFIELD... BEN HUR... FORT DOUGLAS...
BROCK CREEK CAMPGROU...
TREAT... WAYTON...
SAND GAP... MOUNTAIN MAN TRAILHE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3588 9283 3549 9278 3546 9350 3588 9342
3594 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 240DEG 49KT 3567 9337
59Special weather statement, May 24, 4:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 441 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ARZ012-013-022-023-242215- SEARCY AR-VAN BUREN AR-NEWTON AR-POPE AR- 441 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VAN BUREN... SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON...SOUTHWESTERN SEARCY AND NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 440 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SMYRNA...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BE SEEN WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARSHALL... SMYRNA... KAY... BOHANNON... EULA... WATTS... WOOLUM... WITTS SPRING... ROCKY HILL... MARSENA... SOLO... DABNEY... MOORE... IMO... GILBERT... BEN HUR... ZACH... ALREAD... RUPERT... CANAAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3601 9266 3564 9250 3547 9317 3587 9306 TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 238DEG 34KT 3569 9296 59
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 503 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ARZ007-014>016-024-242245- IZARD AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-STONE AR-SHARP AR-CLEBURNE AR- 503 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN INDEPENDENCE...SOUTHERN IZARD...SOUTHWESTERN SHARP...NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE AND EASTERN STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 503 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LONE STAR TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BATESVILLE... MOUNTAIN VIEW... MELBOURNE... CAVE CITY... CUSHMAN... MOUNT PLEASANT... CONCORD... SIDNEY... BRANDENBERG... STELLA... LONE STAR... LACROSSE... GID... LUNENBURG... CROKER... HERPEL... SOUTHSIDE IN INDEPEN... EVENING SHADE... BETHESDA... GUION... LAT...LON 3606 9144 3558 9170 3574 9228 3611 9203 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 283DEG 33KT 3605 9201 3579 9216 64
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 518 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ARZ012-013-022-023-242300- SEARCY AR-VAN BUREN AR-NEWTON AR-POPE AR- 518 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VAN BUREN... SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON...SOUTHWESTERN SEARCY AND NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 517 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF SOLO...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL PEA SIZE TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO BE SEEN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLINTON... MARSHALL... HECTOR... SMYRNA... KAY... BOHANNON... WATTS... WOOLUM... WITTS SPRING... ROCKY HILL... CHOCTAW... BROOMFIELD... SOLO... DABNEY... MOORE... IMO... BEN HUR... ALREAD... RUPERT... CANAAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3594 9266 3553 9238 3544 9318 3572 9310 TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 253DEG 37KT 3560 9310 59
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:38 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
538 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
ARZ022-023-031-032-242315-
VAN BUREN AR-CONWAY AR-POPE AR-FAULKNER AR-
538 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN VAN BUREN...NORTH
CENTRAL FAULKNER...CENTRAL POPE AND NORTHEASTERN CONWAY COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 536 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
DOVER...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SMALL HAIL FROM PEA UP TO HALF INCH AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LOCALIZED FLOODING
MAY BE SEEN WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELLVILLE... DARDANELLE... ATKINS...
POTTSVILLE... DOVER... LONDON...
GUY... HECTOR... DAMASCUS...
TWIN GROVES... CATHOLIC POINT... LANTY...
ST. VINCENT... CLEVELAND... HATTIEVILLE...
HAPPY BEND... BLICK... TARAL...
CLAUDE... MIDDLETON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3532 9234 3523 9316 3527 9320 3527 9323
3545 9318 3553 9238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 253DEG 36KT 3539 9316
59Special weather statement, May 24, 6:15 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 615 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ARZ022-023-031-032-250000- VAN BUREN AR-CONWAY AR-POPE AR-FAULKNER AR- 615 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN VAN BUREN...NORTHWESTERN FAULKNER...EAST CENTRAL POPE AND NORTHEASTERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 614 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HECTOR...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO HALF INCH AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO BE SEEN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLINTON... GREENBRIER... ATKINS... GUY... HECTOR... DAMASCUS... TWIN GROVES... BETHLEHEM... CATHOLIC POINT... SOLGOHACHIA... LANTY... ST. VINCENT... CLEVELAND... SPRINGFIELD... HATTIEVILLE... WOOLLY HOLLOW STATE ... HAPPY BEND... BLICK... MALLET TOWN... CLAUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3527 9304 3545 9306 3558 9234 3522 9227 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 261DEG 23KT 3537 9296 59
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 32 min |
| May 24, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 19 min |
| May 24, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 23 min |
| May 24, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton | 34 min |
| May 24, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 29 min |
| May 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 26 min |
| May 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 53 min |
| May 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 34 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion, Searcy, Stone | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Stone | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 34 min |
| May 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Izard, Stone | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Sharp | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy, Van Buren | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Van Buren | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 45 min |
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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.