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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 24, 1993Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1993, 10:14 PM CDT for Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1993, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 1993-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 590 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCarroll50 min
Apr 24, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton59 min
Apr 24, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone41 min
Apr 24, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton50 min
Apr 24, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy65 min
Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion61 min
Apr 24, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone50 min
Apr 25, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope63 min
Apr 25, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery68 min
Apr 25, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell44 min
Apr 25, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry52 min
Apr 25, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline40 min
Apr 25, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKAshley68 min
Apr 25, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKChicot66 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.