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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2018, 12:39 PM CDT for Faulkner County, Van Buren County, 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
- Jul 16, 2018, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2018, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Faulkner County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 Jul 16, 6:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 501 AM CDT Mon Jul 16 2018 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-171015- 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- 501 AM CDT Mon Jul 16 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms will be possible today and tonight over much of Arkansas, especially from northwest to central areas. An isolated strong to briefly severe storm will be possible mainly in the afternoon to early evening. Stronger storms will be capable of producing gusty winds, dangerous lightning and localized heavy rainfall. The overall threat for a severe thunderstorm will remain low and isolated. Heat index values will be in the 90s to around 100 degrees today, mainly this afternoon to early evening. Extra precautions should be taken to minimize the affects of the heat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday Through Sunday Thunderstorms will become a bit more scattered and common by the middle of this week, with the best chances for seeing thunderstorms during the afternoon hours Monday through Thursday. While organized severe weather is not expected this far out, a few strong storms may be possible. Chances for thunderstorms decrease by the end of the week, though some isolated thunderstorms will remain possible each afternoon Friday through Sunday. Also, heat index values will remain elevated through the week. Most locations will see heat index values in the upper 90s to just over 100 degrees, while some areas may see heat index values exceed 105 degrees in the afternoons. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation is not anticipated today and tonight. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 59/62
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:35 PM CDT, 4 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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| Jul 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 35 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.