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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 13, 2016Prairie County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT for Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 13, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Prairie County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

074 
WUUS54 KLZK 132335
SVRLZK
ARC117-140015-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0021.160313T2335Z-160314T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
635 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CARLISLE...OR
  8 MILES WEST OF HAZEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DES ARC...HAZEN...DE VALLS BLUFF...FREDONIA...BARRETTSVILLE...
  HALLSVILLE...STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...PEPPERS LANDING...SLOVAK...
  HAYLEY...BRASFIELD...SCREETON...CHILDERS...SAND HILL...CENTER POINT AND
  TOLLVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 205.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3474 9138 3455 9163 3458 9166 3463 9164
      3467 9169 3492 9169 3492 9180 3503 9164
      3502 9159 3509 9155 3509 9147 3507 9145
      3506 9148 3505 9146 3505 9137 3490 9137
      3490 9139 3487 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 241DEG 33KT 3478 9173 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CAVANAUGH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk24 min
Mar 13, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott30 min
Mar 13, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott37 min
Mar 13, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott50 min
Mar 13, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk19 min
Mar 13, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott44 min
Mar 13, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott26 min
Mar 13, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring35 min
Mar 13, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery18 min
Mar 13, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Yell46 min
Mar 13, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery30 min
Mar 13, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott, Yell42 min
Mar 13, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Saline49 min
Mar 13, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan49 min
Mar 13, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Yell53 min
Mar 13, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery36 min
Mar 13, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline41 min
Mar 13, 5:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLZKGarland, Perry, Saline32 min
Mar 13, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Yell44 min
Mar 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline50 min
Mar 13, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPulaski, Saline34 min
Mar 13, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope, Yell49 min
Mar 13, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski47 min
Mar 13, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline30 min
Mar 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLonoke40 min
Mar 13, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln38 min
Mar 13, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry, Pulaski37 min
Mar 13, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski50 min
Mar 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski48 min
Mar 13, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln21 min
Mar 13, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline50 min
Mar 13, 6:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLZKLonoke49 min
Mar 13, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike48 min
Mar 13, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Van Buren46 min
Mar 13, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita61 min
Mar 13, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland40 min
Mar 13, 6:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, White37 min
Mar 13, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPrairie36 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.