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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Oct 2, 2021, 2:39 PM CDT for Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Oct 2, 2021, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 2, 2:36 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 2:36 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 258 AM CDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-031000- 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- 258 AM CDT Sat Oct 2 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain possible through tonight. While an isolated strong storm could be seen...the overall threat for severe weather will remain low. Some gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall will be the primary threats with the strongest storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday Through Friday Chances for showers thunderstorms will decrease on Sunday as the cold front pushes southeast through the state. Drier and cooler air will arrive by early next week...with the threat for hazardous weather becoming low. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation will not be needed. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 233/62
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 50 min |
| Oct 2, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 36 min |
| Oct 2, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 30 min |
| Oct 2, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 23 min |
| Oct 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Oct 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.