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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 15, 20214 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 reports 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: Oct 15, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 15, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Faulkner County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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
Oct 15, 3:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ssw Rolling Hills, AR
Oct 15, 3:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Rolling Hills, AR	PICTURES OF SNAPPED AND DOWN TREES NEAR W. REPUBLICAN RD AND CENTENNIAL RD.
Oct 15, 3:32 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Austin, AR	SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SHOW NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING IN AUSTIN.

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
Oct 15, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

205 
WUUS54 KLZK 152003
SVRLZK
ARC045-085-119-145-152030-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0252.211015T2003Z-211015T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
303 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Lonoke County in central Arkansas...
  Southeastern Faulkner County in central Arkansas...
  Southwestern White County in central Arkansas...
  Northeastern Pulaski County in central Arkansas...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 303 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southeast of Pickles Gap to near Morgan to
  Pinnacle Mountain State Park, mov**!ing east at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Little Rock...                    North Little Rock...
  Conway...                         Sherwood...
  Jacksonville...                   Cabot...
  Maumelle...                       Little Rock AFB...
  North Little Rock Airport...      Beebe...
  Ward...                           Vilonia...
  Mayflower...                      Austin in Lonoke County...
  Old Austin...                     Burns Park...
  Parnell...                        Gravel Ridge...
  Morgan...                         Marche...

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between mile markers 127 and 150, and between mile
markers 162 and 168.
 Interstate 430 between mile markers 11 and 12.
 Interstate 440 between mile markers 11 and 14.
 US Highway 67 between mile markers 2 and 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3515 9189 3496 9187 3478 9201 3481 9259
      3492 9244 3509 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 263DEG 34KT 3505 9235 3492 9235 3484 9248 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 14, 10:16 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LZK	Baxter, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Dallas and 17 more	11 hr
Oct 15, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	34 min
Oct 15, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	49 min
Oct 15, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	49 min
Oct 15, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	53 min
Oct 15, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	44 min
Oct 15, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Yell	49 min
Oct 15, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Yell	45 min
Oct 15, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	33 min
Oct 15, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	33 min
Oct 15, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	42 min
Oct 15, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	30 min
Oct 15, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	24 min
Oct 15, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski, White	24 min
Oct 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	33 min
Oct 15, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	49 min
Oct 15, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	32 min
Oct 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	50 min
Oct 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	17 min
Oct 15, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	34 min
Oct 15, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	30 min
Oct 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Drew	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.