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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2020, 9:10 PM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 8, 2020, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Randolph County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
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 Apr 8, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 11:03 AM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1103 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-091000- 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- 1103 AM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across the state today and tonight. Damaging winds and large hail will be the primary threats, however a tornado or two can not be ruled out across the northeastern portions of the state. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday Through Tuesday Storms will shift southeast of Arkansas on Thursday morning. Showers and thunderstorms will become more widespread by Saturday and Saturday Night, as a stronger storm system affects the state. There could be a few strong storms on Saturday Night and Sunday, with large hail and damaging winds the primary concern. The system will exit the state on Sunday Night or early Monday, with colder air moving in behind it. By Tuesday morning, some locations over northwest Arkansas could see temperatures close to freezing. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidance. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
659 PM CDT WED APR 08 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0653 PM HAIL STRAWBERRY 35.97N 91.32W
04/08/2020 E1.00 INCH LAWRENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT RELAYED BY NWS MEMPHIS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK2000185
GOUDSWARDLocal storm report, Apr 8, 7:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
704 PM CDT WED APR 08 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0651 PM HAIL STRAWBERRY 35.97N 91.32W
04/08/2020 E2.75 INCH LAWRENCE AR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT RELAYED BY NWS MEMPHIS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK2000186
GOUDSWARDLocal storm report, Apr 8, 7:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
708 PM CDT WED APR 08 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0703 PM HAIL LYNN 36.01N 91.25W
04/08/2020 E1.75 INCH LAWRENCE AR BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
EVENT NUMBER LZK2000187
GOUDSWARDSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
724 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020
ARZ008-090115-
Randolph AR-
724 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
At 724 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Attica, or 10 miles north of Pocahontas, moving east at 25 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Pocahontas... Reyno...
Maynard... Biggers...
Attica... Dalton...
Elkins Park... Brakebill...
Middlebrook... Warm Springs...
Ingram... Hamil...
Stokes... Engelerg...
Brockett... Pitman...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for eastern
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3648 9077 3643 9078 3643 9076 3642 9077
3641 9075 3628 9075 3628 9078 3629 9079
3628 9081 3628 9104 3642 9118 3650 9115
3650 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 267DEG 21KT 3640 9104
CooperSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 8:56 PM CDT, 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Lawrence | 15 min |
| Apr 8, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Lawrence | 10 min |
| Apr 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 43 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.