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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 7, 2017Monroe County, Prairie County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 7, 2017, 6:56 AM CST for Monroe County, Prairie County, Woodruff County, 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
Feb 7, 2017, 6:56 AM CST (12:56 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2017, 7:30 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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
Feb 6, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2017-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1313 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 2017-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
11.9

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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 Feb 7, 5:50 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 5:50 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 5:00 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CST TUE FEB 7 2017

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-081100-
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 CST TUE FEB 7 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. SMALL HAILL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE
MAIN THREATS THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE STORMS TO MOVE EAST OF THE
AREA BY NOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 5:33 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 7, 6:11 AM CST, 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 7, 6:25 AM CST, 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 7, 6:32 AM CST, 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 7, 6:43 AM CST, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy29 min
Feb 7, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Marion51 min
Feb 7, 1:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton38 min
Feb 7, 1:10 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard18 min
Feb 7, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren38 min
Feb 7, 1:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard49 min
Feb 7, 1:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy2 hr
Feb 7, 2:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne47 min
Feb 7, 2:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter44 min
Feb 7, 3:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski45 min
Feb 7, 4:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski, Saline3 hr
Feb 7, 4:37 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWoodruff53 min
Feb 7, 4:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie, White, Woodruff47 min
Feb 7, 4:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Pike44 min
Feb 7, 4:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski34 min
Feb 7, 5:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski47 min
Feb 7, 5:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Saline42 min
Feb 7, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff42 min
Feb 7, 6:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant47 min
Feb 7, 6:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Pulaski, Saline32 min
Feb 7, 7:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.