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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 9, 2002Izard County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2002, 2:28 AM CST for Izard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2002, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2002, 3:00 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Izard County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 9, 1:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2002-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 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 2002-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 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
217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLZK 090828
TORLIT
ARC065-090900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
228 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CST

* AT 222 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELBOURNE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF
  MOUNTAIN VIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MELBOURNE AROUND 235 AM CST
  MOUNT PLEASANT AROUND 240 AM CST
  FRANKLIN AROUND 250 AM CST

&&

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...HEAD INDOORS NOW GO TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT AS MANY
WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE OUTDOORS AS YOU CAN. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES NOW. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF THERE
ARE NO BUILDINGS NEARBY...LIE IN A DITCH TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS. BUT
BEWARE OF RISING WATER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3624 9170 3597 9172 3588 9188 3594 9196
          3592 9201 3595 9202 3594 9210

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan43 min
Mar 8, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson45 min
Mar 8, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Pope, Searcy49 min
Mar 8, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion28 min
Mar 8, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter29 min
Mar 8, 11:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKJohnson, Logan114 min
Mar 9, 12:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy, Stone, Van Buren41 min
Mar 9, 12:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Yell41 min
Mar 9, 1:52 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren23 min
Mar 9, 2:02 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKStone28 min
Mar 9, 2:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Scott53 min
Mar 9, 3:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk35 min
Mar 9, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion, Pope, Searcy48 min
Mar 9, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell43 min
Mar 9, 4:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren55 min
Mar 9, 4:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry46 min
Mar 9, 4:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Stone52 min
Mar 9, 4:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Saline49 min
Mar 9, 5:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Pulaski, White53 min
Mar 9, 5:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke55 min
Mar 9, 5:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline21 min
Mar 9, 5:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Prairie, Woodruff48 min
Mar 9, 6:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Monroe45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.