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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 6, 2016Desha County, Drew County, Lincoln County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT for Desha County, Drew County, Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 6, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2016-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Aug 6, 12:49 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:49 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:13 AM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 12:36 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 12:38 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:08 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha29 min
Aug 5, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone35 min
Aug 5, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion44 min
Aug 5, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone24 min
Aug 5, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion32 min
Aug 5, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion32 min
Aug 5, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter47 min
Aug 5, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Marion3 hr
Aug 5, 9:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion3 hr
Aug 5, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFulton, Sharp43 min
Aug 5, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson51 min
Aug 5, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope25 min
Aug 5, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope48 min
Aug 6, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Van Buren48 min
Aug 6, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren38 min
Aug 6, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White32 min
Aug 6, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLincoln39 min
Aug 6, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland37 min
Aug 6, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland52 min
Aug 6, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha39 min
Aug 6, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha, Drew44 min
Aug 6, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew44 min
Aug 6, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBradley26 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.