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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1986, 5:12 PM CDT for Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1986, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1986, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prairie County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 135 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS.. AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS FROM CONWAY COUNTY INTO NORTHERN HOT SPRING COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ALONG THIS BAND WAS LOCATED ALONG THE SALINE COUNTY AND PULASKI COUNTY LINE..JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LAKE MAUMELLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WOULD TAKE THE THUNDERSTORMS DIRECTLY OVER LAKE MAUMELLE BY 2 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS OR SMALL HAIL. WEEKEND BOATERS ON LAKE MAUMELLE ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. 41
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS... AT 215 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE AREA HAD INTENSIFIED SINCE 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF SHERIDAN IN CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY..BETWEEN CONWAY AND LITTLE ROCK.. AND SOUTH OF DAMASCUS IN NORTHERN FAULKNER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE RADAR CURRENTLY INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE NOT SEVERE..THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION..REPORTS INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. < PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. 41
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 310 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH LITTLE ROCK-NORTH LITTLE ROCK AREA... AT 300 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE LITTLE ROCK METRO AREA FROM THE SOUTH. THIS STORM SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE LITTLE ROCK AREA BETWEEN 315 AND 330 THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME URBAN FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM THE HEAVY RAINS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS THIS STORM MOVES IN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 25 PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. 41
Local storm report, May 10, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 405 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 1986 255-325 PM...IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD, 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK. BRIEF STREET FLOODING RESULTE8D. 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 44 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.