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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

September 24, 2005Grant County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 7:34 PM CDT for Grant County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 24, 2005, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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
Sep 24, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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 250034
TORLZK
ARC053-059-250100-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0013.050925T0034Z-050925T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
734 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  EASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF
  LEOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  POYEN AROUND 740 PM CDT
  ROCKPORT...PERLA...MALVERN AROUND 750 PM CDT

&&

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3416 9266 3438 9296 3439 9293 3450 9290
      3450 9277 3444 9269 3440 9267 3440 9264
      3426 9248 3415 9260

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner41 min
Sep 24, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleburne, White40 min
Sep 24, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas40 min
Sep 24, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas3 hr
Sep 25, 12:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln3 hr
Sep 25, 1:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, White3 hr
Sep 25, 1:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Woodruff3 hr
Sep 25, 3:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKDesha3 hr
Sep 25, 4:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Monroe, Prairie and 2 more2 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.