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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1992, 4:00 PM CST for White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 6, 1992, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County White County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 4:09 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | White, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 062159 TORLIT ARC145-062230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR GARNER AT 355 PM. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY. THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF GARNER...WALKER AND GRIFFITHVILLE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEYARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 32 min |
| Mar 5, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 52 min |
| Mar 5, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 59 min |
| Mar 5, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 65 min |
| Mar 5, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 59 min |
| Mar 5, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 68 min |
| Mar 5, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 54 min |
| Mar 5, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 48 min |
| Mar 5, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 28 min |
| Mar 5, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 4:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 52 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.