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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 1, 2023Newton County, Searcy County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2023, 5:01 PM CDT for Newton County, Searcy County, Arkansas. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2023, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2023, 5:16 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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
Jul 1, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 1559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 1, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:09 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:13 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:18 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:42 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:43 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:50 PM CDT, 11 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
Jul 1, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	43 min
Jul 1, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph	30 min
Jul 1, 12:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	28 min
Jul 1, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	38 min
Jul 1, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	31 min
Jul 1, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone	17 min
Jul 1, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph	36 min
Jul 1, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	23 min
Jul 1, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph	35 min
Jul 1, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	33 min
Jul 1, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	32 min
Jul 1, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph	40 min
Jul 1, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	23 min
Jul 1, 1:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	76 min
Jul 1, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Marion	25 min
Jul 1, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	29 min
Jul 1, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	37 min
Jul 1, 2:16 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln, Monroe	30 hr
Jul 1, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Stone	27 min
Jul 1, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	35 min
Jul 1, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren	12 min
Jul 1, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	25 min
Jul 1, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	37 min
Jul 1, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Van Buren	18 min
Jul 1, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	27 min
Jul 1, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	40 min
Jul 1, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	34 min
Jul 1, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Van Buren	14 min
Jul 1, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	35 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	33 min
Jul 1, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	23 min
Jul 1, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	32 min
Jul 1, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	27 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	33 min
Jul 1, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	32 min
Jul 1, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	25 min
Jul 1, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	18 min
Jul 1, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	34 min
Jul 1, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Marion	25 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.