Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches in 2000

Tornado Watch 2

January 3, 200039 counties in Arkansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 3, 2000, 4:30 AM CST for 39 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2000, 4:30 AM CST (10:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 10:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin39 min
Jan 3, 4:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan47 min
Jan 3, 5:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Scott, Yell49 min
Jan 3, 5:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton48 min
Jan 3, 5:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Searcy, Van Buren65 min
Jan 3, 5:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKNewton, Searcy46 min
Jan 3, 6:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott49 min
Jan 3, 6:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Stone62 min
Jan 3, 6:27 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKScott48 min
Jan 3, 6:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton49 min
Jan 3, 6:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk65 min
Jan 3, 6:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard46 min
Jan 3, 6:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan48 min
Jan 3, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp51 min
Jan 3, 7:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan49 min
Jan 3, 7:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott49 min
Jan 3, 7:30 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKIndependence50 min
Jan 3, 8:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell51 min
Jan 3, 9:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway52 min
Jan 3, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKConway35 min
Jan 3, 9:56 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Van Buren34 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 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.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 1 more6 hr
Jan 3, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 26 more6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.