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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2017, 7:21 PM CDT for Faulkner County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 15, 2017, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
County Faulkner County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 972 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 6:27 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:27 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 500 AM CDT Tue Aug 15 2017 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-161000- 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 Tue Aug 15 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible today, especially over the northern half of Arkansas. Only an isolated strong to severe storm will be possible, with strong gusty winds the primary threat. Also, stronger storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, which could lead to localized flooding. Additional, patchy fog will develop, dense in spots, early this morning and again tonight, especially in those areas that see rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday Through Monday Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected each day, especially in the afternoon to evening. Through the period, the overall severe storm threat will be low and isolated. Any stronger storm will possibly produce strong gusty winds, small hail and heavy downpours. The heavy rain could lead to localized flash flooding. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 59/64
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.