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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 16, 2003Cleburne County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2003, 4:38 PM CDT for Cleburne County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 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
May 16, 2003, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 5:35 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cleburne County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1736 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2003-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
1736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLZK 162138
TORLIT
ARC023-162235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
437 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 535 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEBER SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES    
  NORTHEAST OF GREENBRIER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ALSO...
  A TORNADO WAS INDICATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEBER SPRINGS
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HEBER SPRINGS AROUND 445 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 3539 9225 3538 9209 3550 9179 3570 9204

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan42 min
May 16, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton41 min
May 16, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence29 min
May 16, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite45 min
May 16, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite48 min
May 16, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWhite33 min
May 16, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell31 min
May 16, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery28 min
May 16, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff49 min
May 16, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKYell27 min
May 16, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway45 min
May 16, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMontgomery3 hr
May 16, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry44 min
May 16, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson43 min
May 16, 3:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKYell3 hr
May 16, 3:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway3 hr
May 16, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner43 min
May 16, 3:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPope2 hr
May 16, 3:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner2 hr
May 16, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski58 min
May 16, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner45 min
May 16, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPerry, Saline58 min
May 16, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite61 min
May 16, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott44 min
May 16, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWhite58 min
May 16, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner39 min
May 16, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan42 min
May 16, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Saline45 min
May 16, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan33 min
May 16, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKWhite57 min
May 16, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski14 min
May 16, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKVan Buren118 min
May 16, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKYell36 min
May 16, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKWhite3 hr
May 16, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff57 min
May 16, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope48 min
May 16, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff52 min
May 16, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence41 min
May 16, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry59 min
May 16, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKYell47 min
May 16, 6:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKPope3 hr
May 16, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite35 min
May 16, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMontgomery3 hr
May 16, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery60 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope25 min
May 16, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff47 min
May 16, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren55 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Yell3 hr
May 16, 6:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff3 hr
May 16, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite59 min
May 16, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPulaski47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.