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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 2017, 3:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2017, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cleburne County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 3:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Culpepper, AR | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN. |
| Oct 22, 3:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Culpepper, AR | LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
872 WUUS54 KLZK 220810 SVRLZK ARC023-129-137-141-220900- /O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0310.171022T0810Z-171022T0900Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Little Rock AR 310 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017 The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Stone County in north central Arkansas... Southeastern Searcy County in north central Arkansas... Van Buren County in north central Arkansas... Western Cleburne County in north central Arkansas... * Until 400 AM CDT * At 310 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Claude, or 10 miles west of Clinton, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Heber Springs... Mountain View... Clinton... Fairfield Bay... Greers Ferry... Shirley... Higden... Fairfield Bay Marina... Rocky Hill... Elba... Woolum... Sugar Loaf Recreation Area... Old Lexington... Choctaw... Claude... Beverage Town... Alread... Hanover... Parma... Rushing... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3548 9272 3569 9280 3596 9214 3543 9192 TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 238DEG 36KT 3556 9264 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 62
2 follow-up statements
426 WWUS54 KLZK 220821 SVSLZK Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Little Rock AR 321 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017 ARC023-129-137-141-220900- /O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-171022T0900Z/ Stone AR-Searcy AR-Van Buren AR-Cleburne AR- 321 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN STONE...SOUTHEASTERN SEARCY...VAN BUREN AND WESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES... At 321 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clinton, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Heber Springs... Mountain View... Clinton... Fairfield Bay... Greers Ferry... Shirley... Higden... Fairfield Bay Marina... Rocky Hill... Elba... Woolum... Sugar Loaf Recreation Area... Old Lexington... Choctaw... Claude... Beverage Town... Alread... Hanover... Parma... Rushing... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3548 9272 3569 9280 3596 9214 3543 9192 TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 245DEG 35KT 3559 9251 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 62
833
WWUS54 KLZK 220836
SVSLZK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
336 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
ARC129-220846-
/O.CAN.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-171022T0900Z/
Searcy AR-
336 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEARCY 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 700 AM CDT for
north central Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3547 9249 3564 9254 3596 9214 3543 9192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 245DEG 29KT 3554 9232
$$
ARC023-137-141-220900-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-171022T0900Z/
Stone AR-Van Buren AR-Cleburne AR-
336 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN STONE...NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN AND WESTERN CLEBURNE
COUNTIES...
At 336 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fairfield Bay
Marina, or near Fairfield Bay, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Heber Springs... Mountain View...
Clinton... Fairfield Bay...
Greers Ferry... Shirley...
Higden... Fairfield Bay Marina...
Sugar Loaf Recreation Area... Old Lexington...
Choctaw... Hanover...
Parma... Rushing...
Turkey Creek... Brownsville...
Narrows Marina... Brewer...
Choctow Recreation Area... Woodrow...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3547 9249 3564 9254 3596 9214 3543 9192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 245DEG 29KT 3554 9232
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
62The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Polk, Scott | 59 min |
| Oct 22, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone, Marion | 62 min |
| Oct 22, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 57 min |
| Oct 22, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 56 min |
| Oct 22, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 57 min |
| Oct 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 60 min |
| Oct 22, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope and 1 more | 46 min |
| Oct 22, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Oct 22, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pope, Pulaski and 2 more | 57 min |
| Oct 22, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 38 min |
| Oct 22, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 62 min |
| Oct 22, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 48 min |
| Oct 22, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 50 min |
| Oct 22, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 50 min |
| Oct 22, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne, White | 47 min |
| Oct 22, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 76 min |
| Oct 22, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 41 min |
| Oct 22, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie, Woodruff | 26 min |
| Oct 22, 5:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 54 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.