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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 6, 1999Conway County, Pope County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 1999, 9:44 PM CST for Conway County, Pope County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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
Feb 6, 1999, 9:44 PM CST (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 1999, 10:35 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Conway County, AR, Pope County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 6, 10:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Jerusalem, 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 1999-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 1999-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Feb 6, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott60 min
Feb 6, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan58 min
Feb 6, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson45 min
Feb 6, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Yell28 min
Feb 6, 9:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy52 min
Feb 6, 9:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren49 min
Feb 6, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner40 min
Feb 6, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Saline62 min
Feb 6, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone42 min
Feb 6, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard34 min
Feb 6, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne49 min
Feb 6, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite46 min
Feb 6, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski46 min
Feb 6, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring46 min
Feb 6, 11:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke48 min
Feb 6, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Pulaski50 min
Feb 6, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring50 min
Feb 6, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie, White, Woodruff50 min
Feb 6, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson50 min
Feb 6, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Jefferson46 min
Feb 6, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke46 min
Feb 6, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe46 min
Feb 7, 12:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita58 min
Feb 7, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Lincoln63 min
Feb 7, 12:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Jefferson47 min
Feb 7, 12:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley47 min
Feb 7, 1:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.