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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 4, 2021Independence County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT for Independence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 4, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR

County Independence County, AR

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

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

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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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 4, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 11:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1130 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-051000-
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-
1130 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms are to affect mainly southeast sections of the
forecast area through late afternoon.. The main threat with these
thunderstorms will again be damaging winds and large hail.
Isolated tornadoes will be possible.

Cooler and drier conditions will return by tonight as high
pressure settles into the region.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday Through Monday

Thunderstorms return to the forecast for the upcoming weekend.
Severe weather chances appear low at this time, but locally heavy
rainfall may develop.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon.

&&

Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to https://weather.gov/lzk.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 11:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1133 AM CDT TUE MAY 04 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0119 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CADDO GAP               34.40N  93.62W
05/04/2021                   MONTGOMERY         AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER SAID A COUNTY JUDGE CALLED THEM AND SAID
            THERE WERE MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AROUND SE MONTGOMERY
            COUNTY, AR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LZK2100611

JBC

Local storm report, May 4, 12:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 1:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 4:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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
May 3, 8:03 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Perry	48 hr
May 3, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	45 min
May 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton	40 min
May 3, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	46 min
May 3, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	43 min
May 3, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	47 min
May 3, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	46 min
May 3, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy	52 min
May 3, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	51 min
May 3, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott	49 min
May 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	23 min
May 3, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Yell	10 min
May 3, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	27 min
May 3, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren	47 min
May 3, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Yell	23 min
May 3, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	37 min
May 3, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy and 2 more	51 min
May 3, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	45 min
May 3, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	29 min
May 3, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Yell	29 min
May 3, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	21 min
May 3, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	44 min
May 3, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	27 min
May 3, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Stone, Van Buren	50 min
May 4, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Scott, Yell	19 min
May 4, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone	35 min
May 4, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	45 min
May 4, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Yell	42 min
May 4, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk	26 min
May 4, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	46 min
May 4, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp	45 min
May 4, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike	45 min
May 4, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	31 min
May 4, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery, Yell	39 min
May 4, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp	39 min
May 4, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	52 min
May 4, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph	39 min
May 4, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell	52 min
May 4, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline	44 min
May 4, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	43 min
May 4, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline	34 min
May 4, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	47 min
May 4, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Pope and 2 more	42 min
May 4, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline, White	42 min
May 4, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	38 min
May 4, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	32 min
May 4, 3:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	14 min
May 4, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	21 hr
May 4, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	62 min
May 4, 12:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	3 hr
May 4, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	37 min
May 4, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	41 min
May 4, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	39 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.