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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 24, 2003Arkansas County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 8:36 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2003, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Arkansas County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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
Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2140 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
2140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.0

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The text

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

783 
WFUS54 KLZK 250136
TORLIT
ARC001-250215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
835 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF DE WITT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  STUTTGART...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DE WITT AROUND 900 PM CDT

&&

A DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED TORNADO MEANS THERE IS 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 3419 9150 3424 9161 3436 9162 3440 9118
          3419 9117

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke42 min
Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard42 min
Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson37 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIzard30 min
Apr 24, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun38 min
Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton, Sharp42 min
Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas40 min
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIzard46 min
Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas49 min
Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita35 min
Apr 24, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBradley40 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp43 min
Apr 24, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun39 min
Apr 24, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton, Izard3 hr
Apr 24, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard19 min
Apr 24, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson39 min
Apr 24, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard12 min
Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas29 min
Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie39 min
Apr 24, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson42 min
Apr 24, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson49 min
Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson44 min
Apr 24, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson39 min
Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson3 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.