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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 17, 1996Jefferson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 1996, 8:25 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
Oct 17, 1996, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 17, 8:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Hooker, 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1996-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2013 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 1996-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
2013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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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
Oct 17, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline48 min
Oct 17, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson34 min
Oct 17, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant48 min
Oct 17, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas50 min
Oct 17, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie, White49 min
Oct 17, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson51 min
Oct 17, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant36 min
Oct 17, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland50 min
Oct 17, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLincoln31 min
Oct 17, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland35 min
Oct 17, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe34 min
Oct 17, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew47 min
Oct 17, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha51 min
Oct 17, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley35 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.