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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2017, 4:03 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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 23, 2017, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
County Lincoln County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
819 WWUS84 KLZK 232103 SPSLZK Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Little Rock AR 403 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2017 ARZ064-065-069-232145- Drew AR-Lincoln AR-Desha AR- 403 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL DESHA...NORTHERN DREW AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... At 401 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southeast of Cane Creek State Park, or 11 miles southeast of Star City, moving southeast at 25 mph. Small hail from pea up to half inch and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Also dangerous lightning and heavy rain will be possible. Localized flooding of low lying areas will also be possible. Locations impacted include... Winchester... Brandon... Plantersville... Cane Creek State Park... Garrett Bridge... Gourd... Calhoun... Cornerville... Florence... Tyro... Rose Hill... Yukon... Garnett... Montongo... Rock Springs... Coleman... Avery... Relfs Bluff... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3385 9197 3395 9164 3375 9141 3368 9192 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 324DEG 20KT 3384 9168 $$ 59
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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.