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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 3, 2017Garland County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2017, 1:32 PM CDT for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 3, 2017, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Garland County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 294 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 2017-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 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 2017-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 3, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
500 AM CDT Sat Jun 3 2017

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000-
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 Sat Jun 3 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Areas of patchy fog will be possible early this morning but are
expected to thin and dissipate after sunrise. Also, a chance of
isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be seen
today, mainly in the afternoon to evening. An isolated strong to
severe storm will be possible, with hail and winds and brief heavy
rain expected. The overall threat of severe storms will be low
and isolated today and tonight. Tonight, areas of patchy fog,
dense in some spots, may also form.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday Through Friday

An upper level disturbance will keep rain chances over Arkansas
Sunday and Monday. Chances for thunderstorms will remain in the
forecast through Tuesday. Scattered thunderstorms will be seen,
mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. An isolated strong to
severe storm is possible, but the overall threat will remain low.
Locally heavy rainfall may also be seen with stronger storms.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight due to the
low and isolated threat of any strong to severe storm.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark44 min
Jun 3, 2:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPulaski, Saline3 hr

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.