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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 23, 2017Fulton County, Sharp County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT for Fulton County, Sharp County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, AR, Sharp County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

361 
WUUS54 KLZK 232000
SVRLZK
ARC049-135-232045-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0252.170623T2000Z-170623T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
300 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Fulton County in north central Arkansas...
  Northern Sharp County in north central Arkansas...

* Until 345 PM CDT

* At 300 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cherokee
  Village, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Cherokee Village...               Ash Flat...
  Horseshoe Bend...                 Highland in Sharp County...
  Mammoth Spring...                 Hardy...
  Ballard...                        Mammoth Spring State Park...
  Williford...                      Agnos...
  Armstrong...                      Heart...
  Morriston...                      Glencoe...
  Fryatt...                         Saddler Falls...
  Kittle...                         Saddle...
  Wirth...                          Ozark Acres...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3647 9136 3642 9135 3642 9131 3639 9131
      3637 9128 3633 9128 3633 9126 3625 9126
      3625 9133 3618 9135 3623 9169 3625 9169
      3626 9191 3638 9176 3650 9171 3650 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 278DEG 23KT 3635 9160 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cavanaugh

1 follow-up statement

770 
WWUS54 KLZK 232035
SVSLZK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
335 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

ARC049-232044-
/O.CAN.KLZK.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-170623T2045Z/
Fulton AR-
335 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FULTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
north central Arkansas.

LAT...LON 3647 9136 3642 9135 3642 9131 3633 9128
      3633 9126 3625 9126 3625 9133 3623 9135
      3618 9135 3621 9156 3634 9156 3634 9145
      3650 9145 3650 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 278DEG 23KT 3632 9133 

$$

ARC135-232045-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-170623T2045Z/
Sharp AR-
335 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SHARP COUNTY...

At 334 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ravenden
Springs, or 13 miles east of Cherokee Village, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Cherokee Village...               Highland in Sharp County...
Hardy...                          Williford...
Armstrong...                      Ozark Acres...
Wirth...                          Sitka...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3647 9136 3642 9135 3642 9131 3633 9128
      3633 9126 3625 9126 3625 9133 3623 9135
      3618 9135 3621 9156 3634 9156 3634 9145
      3650 9145 3650 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 278DEG 23KT 3632 9133 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cavanaugh

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Prairie, White	33 min
Jun 22, 7:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, White	3 hr
Jun 22, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	23 min
Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	23 min
Jun 22, 10:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	3 hr
Jun 23, 12:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Drew	2 hr
Jun 23, 6:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	3 hr
Jun 23, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion, Searcy	36 min
Jun 23, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	26 min
Jun 23, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion	29 min
Jun 23, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	35 min
Jun 23, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard	49 min
Jun 23, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Marion	29 min
Jun 23, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton	37 min
Jun 23, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	36 min
Jun 23, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	49 min
Jun 23, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope	40 min
Jun 23, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	48 min
Jun 23, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	44 min
Jun 23, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Stone, White	43 min
Jun 23, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	38 min
Jun 23, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson, Pope	46 min
Jun 23, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Sharp	29 min
Jun 23, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson	27 min
Jun 23, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	35 min
Jun 23, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, White	44 min
Jun 23, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	49 min
Jun 23, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	46 min
Jun 23, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke, Perry, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline	49 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan, Yell	30 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	51 min
Jun 23, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	26 min
Jun 23, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk, Scott	50 min
Jun 23, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline	41 min
Jun 23, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	26 min
Jun 23, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	38 min
Jun 23, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Saline	37 min
Jun 23, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	45 min
Jun 23, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	41 min
Jun 23, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring	43 min
Jun 23, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott	27 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	47 min
Jun 23, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	41 min
Jun 23, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	34 min
Jun 23, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	41 min
Jun 23, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring	39 min
Jun 23, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Desha, Lincoln	52 min
Jun 23, 6:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring	3 hr

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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.