Tornado Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Sep 26, 1996, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)

Expired

Sep 26, 1996, 8:25 AM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

County Boone County, AR

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KLIT 261239
TORLIT
ARC009-261325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
738 AM CDT THU SEP 26 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 825 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...BOONE COUNTY
 
AT 737 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARRISON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
BERGMAN                      AROUND 745 AM CDT  ...
LEAD HILL                    AROUND 800 AM CDT  ...
DIAMOND CITY                 AROUND 800 AM CDT  ...

IF YOU ARE AT HOME AND IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY IN A BATHTUB. COVER YOUR
BODY WITH A MATTRESS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS. THOSE IN MOBILE HOMES
SHOULD MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...AND NO BUILDINGS ARE AVAILABLE...LAY IN A DITCH OR CULVERT
TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS. BUT BEWARE OF RISING WATER.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.