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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1986, 5:46 PM CDT for White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1986, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County White 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, 10.8 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
- 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 102246 TORLIT ARC145-102330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 546 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN ARK........WHITE AT 546 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HICKORY PLAINS ARKANSAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. EVEN WELL ANCHORED MOBILE HOMES ARE VUNERABLE TO BEING OVERTURNED OR DESTROYED BY A TORNADO. IF IN A VEHICLE.. PARK IT AND GET INTO A BUILDING OR SHELTER. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN OR EVADE THE TORNADO. IF IN OPEN COUNTRY OR NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE.. THE BEST PROTECTION IS TO LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR DEPRESSION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION 16
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, 4 hours 9 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, 3 hours 24 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 40 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 41 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, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 48 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.