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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 9, 2004Polk County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2004, 8:16 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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 9, 2004, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Polk County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2004-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 350 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2004-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

860 
WFUS54 KLZK 100116
TORLIT
ARC113-100145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
815 PM CDT FRI APR 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO JUST SOUTHEAST OF NUNLEY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  MENA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BIG FORK AND OPAL AROUND 825 PM CDT
  ABERNATHY SPRINGS AROUND 830 PM CDT

&&

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. 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.

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 3437 9399 3439 9403 3441 9411 3444 9423
          3451 9422 3461 9418 3460 9410 3457 9402
          3456 9394 3437 9394

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk48 min
Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell35 min
Apr 9, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike45 min
Apr 9, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry, Saline58 min
Apr 9, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Pike50 min
Apr 9, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski58 min
Apr 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Saline45 min
Apr 9, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke47 min
Apr 9, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson57 min
Apr 9, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark28 min
Apr 9, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas50 min
Apr 10, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas61 min
Apr 10, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas49 min
Apr 10, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland27 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.