Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 7:04 PM CDT for Jackson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2001, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Jackson County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Newport, AR | |
| Apr 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Hail 2.25 | Amagon, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLZK 040004 TORLIT ARC067-040045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 704 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GRUBBS AROUND 715 PM CDT A DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED TORNADO MEANS THERE IS A STRONG ROTATION WITHIN A STORM. THE STORM MAY NOT BE PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THE MOMENT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3558 9130 3545 9115 3570 9081 358W6 9100 $$ 46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 40 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.