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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 24, 20184 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2018, 6:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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 24, 2018, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2018, 6:59 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie41 min
Jun 24, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski21 min
Jun 24, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke35 min
Jun 24, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White24 min
Jun 24, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski, White32 min
Jun 24, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPulaski23 min
Jun 24, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke30 min
Jun 24, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff28 min
Jun 24, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite28 min
Jun 24, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren32 min
Jun 24, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite31 min
Jun 24, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren33 min
Jun 24, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne29 min
Jun 24, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJackson24 min
Jun 24, 4:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne, Stone24 min
Jun 24, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJackson39 min
Jun 24, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLawrence33 min
Jun 24, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson22 min
Jun 24, 6:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLawrence20 min
Jun 24, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan46 min
Jun 24, 6:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone38 min
Jun 24, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope48 min
Jun 24, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott, Yell51 min
Jun 24, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Yell51 min
Jun 24, 7:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott48 min
Jun 24, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy46 min
Jun 24, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell51 min
Jun 24, 7:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp50 min
Jun 24, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Scott, Yell33 min
Jun 24, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Pike, Polk21 min
Jun 24, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Newton, Pope and 4 more52 min
Jun 24, 8:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp42 min
Jun 24, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline44 min
Jun 24, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion, Searcy44 min
Jun 24, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp43 min
Jun 24, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren24 min
Jun 24, 8:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne, Stone, Van Buren48 min
Jun 24, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk, Scott46 min
Jun 24, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne46 min
Jun 24, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan40 min
Jun 24, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJackson50 min
Jun 24, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence44 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.