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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 11, 1995Monroe County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 12:05 AM CST for Monroe County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 12:05 AM CST (06:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 12:45 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 755 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 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
755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 110606
TORLIT
ARC095-110645-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1205 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 1205 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HOLLY GROVE ARKANSAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
AT 1157 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO HEAVILY DAMAGED A HOME 1 MILE WEST
OF ULM IN SOUTHERN PRAIRIE COUNTY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
44/46/22
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 7:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone56 min
Nov 10, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFranklin61 min
Nov 10, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion60 min
Nov 10, 7:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton58 min
Nov 10, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson62 min
Nov 10, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone29 min
Nov 10, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter63 min
Nov 10, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott60 min
Nov 10, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope53 min
Nov 10, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton59 min
Nov 10, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell66 min
Nov 10, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery57 min
Nov 10, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland49 min
Nov 10, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Van Buren55 min
Nov 10, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline55 min
Nov 10, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp62 min
Nov 10, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski73 min
Nov 10, 10:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, White59 min
Nov 10, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPulaski40 min
Nov 10, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline62 min
Nov 10, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke55 min
Nov 10, 10:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKSaline26 min
Nov 10, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff63 min
Nov 10, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie63 min
Nov 10, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski34 min
Nov 10, 11:04 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPulaski, Saline41 min
Nov 10, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke33 min
Nov 10, 11:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson58 min
Nov 10, 11:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Prairie55 min
Nov 10, 11:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita51 min
Nov 10, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas60 min
Nov 11, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew, Lincoln55 min
Nov 11, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley55 min
Nov 11, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.