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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 22, 1996Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1996, 12:47 AM CDT for Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 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
Apr 22, 1996, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 12:50 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Ponca, AR
Apr 22, 12:50 AM CDTHail 1Ponca, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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 1996-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 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 1996-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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
Apr 21, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFranklin63 min
Apr 22, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton42 min
Apr 22, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKBoone69 min
Apr 22, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion64 min
Apr 22, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone38 min
Apr 22, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter51 min
Apr 22, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton44 min
Apr 22, 2:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone3 hr
Apr 22, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion43 min
Apr 22, 3:14 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKMarion31 min
Apr 22, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson27 min
Apr 22, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton31 min
Apr 22, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope43 min
Apr 22, 3:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKPope34 min
Apr 22, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy40 min
Apr 22, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren54 min
Apr 22, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott63 min
Apr 22, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton44 min
Apr 22, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone52 min
Apr 22, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne36 min
Apr 22, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike68 min
Apr 22, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson60 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.