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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 25, 2021Dallas County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Oct 25, 2021, 1:28 AM CDT for Dallas County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2021, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Dallas County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 275 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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Mixed-layer CAPE: 1375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 10.9

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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 Oct 25, 12:39 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 12:39 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 12:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 11:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1118 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

ARZ006>008-015-017-250445-
Lawrence AR-Randolph AR-Sharp AR-Fulton AR-Izard AR-
1118 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Randolph,
northeastern Izard, southeastern Fulton, northwestern Lawrence and
Sharp Counties through 1145 PM CDT...

At 1118 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Highland in Sharp County, or near Cherokee Village, moving east at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Pocahontas...                     Cherokee Village...
Ash Flat...                       Black Rock...
Horseshoe Bend...                 Highland in Sharp County...
Hardy...                          Imboden...
Ravenden...                       Maynard...
Lynn...                           Franklin...
Ravenden Springs...               Ballard...
Annieville...                     Dalton...
Attica...                         Myron...
Smithville...                     Williford...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for eastern and
north central Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3649 9080 3599 9124 3619 9188 3650 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 278DEG 36KT 3626 9152

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Cavanaugh

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 11:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 25, 12:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 25, 12:47 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 25, 1:16 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 25, 1:28 AM 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
Oct 24, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	30 min
Oct 24, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	30 min
Oct 24, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	53 min
Oct 24, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sebastian	47 min
Oct 24, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	36 min
Oct 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	35 min
Oct 24, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	40 min
Oct 24, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	31 min
Oct 24, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	27 min
Oct 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Pope	36 min
Oct 24, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Fulton	34 min
Oct 24, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Fulton	37 min
Oct 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Randolph, Sharp	44 min
Oct 24, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	31 min
Oct 24, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph, Sharp	27 min
Oct 24, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Saline	21 min
Oct 24, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	40 min
Oct 24, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Saline	37 min
Oct 25, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	23 min
Oct 25, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	28 min
Oct 25, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	29 min
Oct 25, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	31 min
Oct 25, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lincoln	19 min
Oct 25, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lincoln	29 min
Oct 25, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha, Drew	29 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.