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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 13, 1993Prairie County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Nov 13, 1993, 6:42 PM CST for Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 1993, 6:42 PM CST (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 1993, 7:15 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Prairie County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 307 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-11-14Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Nov 13, 6:00 PM CST, 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
600 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1993

TIME/CST     COUNTY/STATE          EVENT

500 PM       POLK/AR               TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY
                                   4 JUST WEST OF COVE...SVRL BUILDINGS
                                   DAMAGED...POWER LINES DOWN (MCCURTAIN
                                   CO. DISPATCHER LISTENING TO EMGY COMMS)

512 PM       POLK/AR               MAJOR TORNADO DAMAGE IN MENA. SEVERAL
                                   BUILDINGS DESTROYED. ONLY A FEW MINOR
                                   INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
                                   POWER LINES DOWN...GAS LEAKS REPORTED.

535 PM       SCOTT/AR              NICKLE-SIZE HAIL NEAR Y-CITY...SOME
                                   WIND DAMGE REPORTED.
Local storm report, Nov 13, 6:08 PM CST, 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
600 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1993

TIME/CST     COUNTY/STATE          EVENT

500 PM       POLK/AR               TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY
                                   4 JUST WEST OF COVE...SVRL BUILDINGS
                                   DAMAGED...POWER LINES DOWN (MCCURTAIN
                                   CO. DISPATCHER LISTENING TO EMGY COMMS)

512 PM       POLK/AR               MAJOR TORNADO DAMAGE IN MENA. SEVERAL
                                   BUILDINGS DESTROYED. ONLY A FEW MINOR
                                   INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
                                   POWER LINES DOWN...GAS LEAKS REPOR^TED.

535 PM       SCOTT/AR              NICKLE-SIZE HAIL NEAR Y-CITY...SOME
                                   WIND DAMGE REPORTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite69 min
Nov 13, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPope, Yell62 min
Nov 14, 3:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren40 min
Nov 14, 3:53 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKStone, Van Buren52 min
Nov 14, 6:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell52 min
Nov 14, 7:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope52 min
Nov 14, 7:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry41 min
Nov 14, 7:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren53 min
Nov 14, 8:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway27 min
Nov 14, 8:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner53 min
Nov 14, 8:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski63 min
Nov 14, 8:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, White58 min
Nov 14, 8:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard58 min
Nov 14, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence49 min
Nov 14, 8:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant51 min
Nov 14, 10:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas49 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.