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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 4, 2020Baxter County, Marion County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2020, 6:01 AM CDT for Baxter County, Marion County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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 4, 2020, 6:01 AM CDT (11:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2020, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baxter County, AR, Marion County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2020-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1794 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 00:00Z on 2020-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 3, 6:53 PM CDT, 11 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:53 PM CDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:50 PM CDT, 15 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
250 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020

ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000-
Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone-
Izard-Independence-Lawrence-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-
250 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon
and into the evening hours. While the chances of severe weather
are low, some very heavy rainfall and localized flooding is
possible with these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday Through Tuesday

Some scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the state
Thursday into Friday and again Monday into Tuesday. Widespread
severe weather is not anticipated, but a few storms could produce
locally heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts.

From Friday through Sunday with temperatures expected to climb into
the lower 90s and abundant moisture is in place near the surface,
heat indices will approach 100 degrees in some places.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

&&

Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBradley117 min
Jun 4, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Lonoke, Prairie3 hr
Jun 4, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson27 min
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGrant23 min
Jun 4, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton63 min
Jun 4, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy47 min
Jun 4, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter28 min
Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson, Searcy, Van Buren39 min
Jun 4, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp49 min
Jun 4, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan61 min
Jun 4, 10:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk, Scott46 min
Jun 4, 11:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk62 min
Jun 4, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk28 min
Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk22 min
Jun 4, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk44 min
Jun 4, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland, Dallas45 min

Nearby

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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.