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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 28, 2021Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2021, 2:54 PM CST for Faulkner County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2021, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2021, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Faulkner County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 28, 2:54 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Greenbrier, AR	SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 28, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 448 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

862 
WUUS54 KLZK 282054
SVRLZK
ARC045-145-282130-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0002.210228T2054Z-210228T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
254 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Faulkner County in central Arkansas...
  West central White County in central Arkansas...

* Until 330 PM CST.

* At 254 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Springhill,
  or 8 miles north of Conway, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Conway...                         Greenbrier...
  Wooster...                        Rose Bud...
  Enola...                          Mount Vernon...
  Pickles Gap...                    Springhill...
  Woolly Hollow State Park...       Holland...
  Barney...                         Enders...
  El Paso...                        

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for central
Arkansas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3512 9246 3527 9243 3536 9210 3512 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 258DEG 16KT 3520 9240 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

51

1 follow-up statement

699 
WWUS54 KLZK 282120
SVSLZK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
320 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

ARC045-145-282130-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210228T2130Z/
Faulkner AR-White AR-
320 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN FAULKNER AND WEST CENTRAL WHITE COUNTIES...

At 320 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Enola, or 14
miles northeast of Conway, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Rose Bud...                       Enola...
Mount Vernon...                   Woolly Hollow State Park...
Holland...                        Barney...
El Paso...                        

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for central
Arkansas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3514 9230 3529 9228 3536 9210 3512 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 258DEG 16KT 3522 9226 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shelton

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 9:08 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 30 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 2:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	40 min
Feb 28, 2:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	43 min
Feb 28, 11:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	49 min
Feb 28, 2:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	49 min
Feb 28, 2:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	41 min
Feb 28, 2:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	43 min
Feb 28, 3:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	17 min
Feb 28, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more	44 min
Feb 28, 3:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, White	90 min
Feb 28, 4:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	23 min
Feb 28, 4:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	42 min
Feb 28, 5:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson	39 min
Feb 28, 5:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	119 min
Feb 28, 5:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.