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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Little Rock, AR
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley | 117 min |
| Jun 4, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson, Searcy, Van Buren | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sharp | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas | 45 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.