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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 16, 2002Pope County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2002, 5:54 PM CDT for Pope County, Arkansas. It was in force for 21 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
Apr 16, 2002, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pope County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLZK 162254
TORLIT
ARC115-162315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
554 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HECTOR...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF
  RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HECTOR AROUND 600 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 IN LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3573 9292 3564 9280 3548 9286 3533 9303
          3545 9319

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell37 min
Apr 16, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan20 min
Apr 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope26 min
Apr 16, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPope15 min
Apr 16, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Searcy, Van Buren39 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.