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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 15, 1989Arkansas County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 1989, 11:00 AM CST for Arkansas County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 1989, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1989, 11:45 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Arkansas County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 11:15 AM CSTHail 0.75Arkansas, AR
Nov 15, 11:40 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Arkansas, AR

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 10:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite51 min
Nov 15, 10:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson42 min
Nov 15, 10:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWoodruff44 min
Nov 15, 10:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas69 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.