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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 18, 20176 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2017, 10:11 AM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 64 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 18, 2017, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2017, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Garland County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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 2017-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 2017-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 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
Jun 18, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Newton, Pope62 min
Jun 18, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Polk, Scott, Yell61 min
Jun 18, 10:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Logan, Pope, Van Buren, Yell55 min
Jun 18, 10:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry, Yell67 min
Jun 18, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline, Yell45 min
Jun 18, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway, Faulkner, Van Buren67 min
Jun 18, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry51 min
Jun 18, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence, Jackson50 min
Jun 18, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson35 min
Jun 18, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite29 min
Jun 18, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie35 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.