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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 9, 2016Garland County, Perry County, Saline County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT for Garland County, Perry County, Saline 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 9, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Garland County, AR, Perry County, AR, Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1032 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
1032 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell49 min
Aug 9, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKYell50 min
Aug 9, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan49 min
Aug 9, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott46 min
Aug 9, 2:22 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more54 hr
Aug 9, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry48 min
Aug 9, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry30 min
Aug 9, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike41 min
Aug 9, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.