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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2018, 6:18 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 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
- May 6, 2018, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2018, 6:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Prairie County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...update National Weather Service Little Rock AR 525 PM AM CDT Sun May 6 2018 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-071000- 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- 525 PM CDT Sun May 6 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are possible across parts of northern and central to eastern Arkansas this evening. A few strong to severe storms will be possible, with hail and damaging wind gusts the main threats. The overall severe storm threat will lower after sunset Sunday, and most storms will dissipated later this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday Through Saturday Isolated to scattered thunderstorms may be seen across the northern half of the state from late Tuesday into Wednesday. The severe weather threat is low and other hazardous weather is not anticipated at this time. .Spotter Information Statement... Given the isolated nature of severe weather chances later today, spotter activation is not anticipated. As always, any hail or damage reports would be appreciated if severe weather develops. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 67/59
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 6, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 6, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 52 min |
| May 6, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sharp | 46 min |
| May 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 6, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 41 min |
| May 6, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne | 49 min |
| May 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 20 min |
| May 6, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 52 min |
| May 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 46 min |
| May 6, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 40 min |
| May 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 47 min |
| May 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, White | 32 min |
| May 6, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 41 min |
| May 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren | 26 min |
| May 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Van Buren | 30 min |
| May 6, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 41 min |
| May 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 25 min |
| May 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 47 min |
| May 6, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 49 min |
| May 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 31 min |
| May 6, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 52 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.