Tornado Warning 23, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 5:30 PM CST

In force

19 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

County Jackson County, AR

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 012311
TORLIT
ARC067-012330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
511 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

   ...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 510 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR 12
MILES EAST OF AUGUSTA OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF BEEDEVILLE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
BEEDEVILLE                   AROUND 515 PM CST  ...

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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In the hours before

ARZ003>009-012>018-020>026-030>033-037>045-050>055-059>062-070-071-
012000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1205 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL
600 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ARKANSAS AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST. THE WATCH COVERS THAT
PART OF THE STATE GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LEWISVILLE TO
SHERIDAN TO JONESBORO.

RATHER WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS ARKANSAS.
A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT
PUSHES FURTHER EASTWARD...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY AHEAD OF IT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS
AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH
THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION
OUTLET...RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
115 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0105 PM    WESTERN GROVE             AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   NEWTON

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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes in 1997

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.