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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 10, 2002Drew County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 5:13 PM CST for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 22 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 2002, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 5:35 PM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Drew County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 5:13 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Cominto, AR	Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs.
Nov 10, 5:16 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Collins, AR	Some large tree limbs were blown down.
Nov 10, 5:16 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Collins, AR	Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Nov 10, 5:19 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Collins, AR	Some large trees were knocked down.
Nov 10, 5:25 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Baxter, AR	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and a number of large tree limbs.

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
Nov 10, 4:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 7.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

403 
WFUS54 KLZK 102313
TORLIT
ARC043-102335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
513 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 535 PM CST

* AT 508 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A TORNADO ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TILLAR AROUND 530 PM CST

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 IN LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3344 9145 3341 9164 3358 9169 3373 9144

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	29 min
Nov 10, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	23 min

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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.