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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2018, 3:03 PM CDT for Polk County, Scott 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2018, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 2602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jun 2, 6:52 AM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:52 AM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated National Weather Service Little Rock AR 105 PM CDT Sat Jun 2 2018 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031100- 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- 105 PM CDT Sat Jun 2 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Hot and humid conditions will continue this afternoon, with heat index values ranging from the upper 90s to around 105 degrees. The highest heat indices will be across central and southern parts of the state. A cold front will cross the state from the north tonight. Ahead of the front, scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop this afternoon from Little Rock northward. Storms will build into areas farther south this evening. Severe weather appears likely statewide. Storms that become severe will have the capability of producing strong to damaging winds and quarter size hail or larger. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday Through Friday After dry and cooler conditions Sunday and Monday, isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Monday night into Tuesday. Precipitation will be most likely across the southern and western counties. At this time, the chance of widespread hazardous weather appears low. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon into this evening. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:39 PM CDT, 24 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 |
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| Jun 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 93 min |
| Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 3:51 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 11 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Searcy | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Van Buren | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Yell | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 44 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.