 Surface-based CAPE values of 1500–2000 j/kg and most unstable CAPE values of 1000–2000 j/kg became prevalent across the broad warm sector.Low-level moisture transported northward from the Gulf of Mexico resulted in dewpoints in the low- to mid-60s °F by the afternoon hours.With continually strengthening wind fields, the capping inversion steadily weakened, and several tornadic supercells formed across Arkansas.