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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 27, 2021Monroe County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT for Monroe County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 7:19 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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
Mar 27, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

798 
WUUS54 KLZK 272342
SVRLZK
ARC095-147-280030-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0039.210327T2342Z-210328T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
642 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Woodruff County in eastern Arkansas...
  North central Monroe County in eastern Arkansas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
  Des Arc, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Hunter...                         Cotton Plant...
  Fargo...                          Becton...
  Howell...                         Penrose...
  Hilleman...                       Zent...
  Wiville...                        

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for eastern
Arkansas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3500 9115 3495 9115 3493 9128 3500 9128
      3511 9135 3526 9104 3500 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 233DEG 34KT 3501 9132 

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

Cooper

1 follow-up statement

732 
WWUS54 KLZK 280019
SVSLZK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
719 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

ARC095-147-280028-
/O.CAN.KLZK.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210328T0030Z/
Woodruff AR-Monroe AR-
719 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOODRUFF AND
NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for eastern
Arkansas.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Little Rock.

LAT...LON 3500 9115 3495 9115 3493 9128 3500 9128
      3511 9135 3526 9104 3500 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 233DEG 34KT 3522 9098 

$$

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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
Mar 27, 3:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 9 more	24 hr
Mar 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Ouachita	39 min
Mar 27, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	38 min
Mar 27, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	44 min
Mar 27, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	37 min
Mar 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline	49 min
Mar 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	30 min
Mar 27, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	40 min
Mar 27, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	24 min
Mar 27, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	50 min
Mar 27, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	48 min
Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	45 min
Mar 27, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	53 min
Mar 27, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Marion	48 min
Mar 27, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark	52 min
Mar 27, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	37 min
Mar 27, 5:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	3 hr
Mar 27, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	48 min
Mar 27, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	45 min
Mar 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	43 min
Mar 27, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	41 min
Mar 27, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	51 min
Mar 27, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	48 min
Mar 27, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Ouachita	51 min
Mar 27, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	38 min
Mar 27, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	42 min
Mar 27, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	40 min
Mar 27, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	47 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.