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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2021, 2:03 AM CDT for Clark County, Garland County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 27 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 23, 2021, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
Counties Clark County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 23, 12:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 12:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Little Rock AR 818 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231100- 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- 818 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Showers and thunderstorms are expected to increase over the state tonight through Tuesday morning as a storm system moves through. While the threat for seeing organized severe weather is very low, there could be an isolated strong thunderstorm late this evening through early Tuesday morning, primarily over the southwest part of the state. Locally strong wind gusts and some small hail will be the primary concern. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday Through Sunday Chances for showers and thunderstorms will decrease from southwest to northeast during the day on Tuesday...with dry conditions expected by late Tuesday afternoon for most of the state. The threat for hazardous weather will become low as a result. Another storm system will move through the region late Wednesday night through Thursday night. More thunderstorms are forecast during this timeframe...with locally heavy rainfall possible which could lead to an isolated flash flood threat. The threat for organized severe weather looks low at this time. However...a few strong thunderstorms could be seen...primarily Thursday afternoon. Calmer conditions will be seen by late this week into the weekend. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. Goudsward
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1208 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021
ARZ038-039-041-042-052-230545-
Pike AR-Perry AR-Yell AR-Garland AR-Montgomery AR-
1208 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PERRY...NORTHWESTERN
PIKE...NORTHWESTERN GARLAND...WESTERN YELL AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...
At 1207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Oden to near Daisy. Movement was northeast at
55 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Danville... Mount Ida...
Glenwood... Ola...
Norman... Oden...
Daisy... Little Missouri Falls Recreatio...
Meyers... Petit Jean River WMA...
Mauldin... Mosley...
Albert Pike Recreation Area... Muddy Creek WMA...
Mimosa... Fourche Valley...
Plainview in Yell County... Mt Nebo State Park...
Avant... Black Springs...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3458 9393 3473 9377 3473 9375 3475 9374
3475 9371 3479 9371 3524 9322 3450 9325
3418 9386 3419 9392 3426 9392 3427 9394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 221DEG 49KT 3461 9378 3431 9380
232Special weather statement, Mar 23, 2:03 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 10:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Independence, Jackson, Jefferson and 9 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Hot Spring | 40 min |
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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.