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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

November 27, 2005Scott County, Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 3:07 PM CST for Scott County, Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2005, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2005, 3:45 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Scott County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 27, 3:45 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG10 E Waltreak, ARPOWER POLES DOWN AND ROOF OFF OF CHICKEN HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 80.
Nov 27, 3:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGBluffton, ARBARN WITH CAR INSIDE BLOWN DOWN AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 27, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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 272109
TORLZK
ARC127-149-272145-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.051127T2107Z-051127T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
307 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 303 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES FROM 
  NEAR PARKS TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF INK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50   
  MPH.

* THE TORNADOES WILL BE NEAR...
  CEDAR CREEK AROUND 315 PM CST
  NOLA AROUND 325 PM CST
  WALTREAK AROUND 340 PM CST 

&&

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 1000 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3488 9389 3502 9375 3503 9369 3511 9368
      3514 9361 3514 9354 3521 9345 3521 9337
      3530 9326 3527 9325 3527 9329 3521 9332
      3521 9331 3504 9332 3476 9345 3476 9372
      3470 9386 3470 9399

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLZK 272131
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
329 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

ARC127-149-272145-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051127T2145Z/
SCOTT AR-YELL AR-
329 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR WESTERN YELL AND
EASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 329 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES FROM NEAR BLUE BALL TO 
5 MILES SOUTH OF NOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WALTREAK...BLUFFTON...WALNUT 
GROVE...BRIGGSVILLE AND DANVILLE.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS NEED TO FIND A PLACE OF SAFETY 
NOW

&&

LAT...LON 3485 9381 3498 9376 3503 9369 3511 9368
      3514 9361 3514 9354 3521 9345 3521 9337
      3530 9326 3527 9325 3527 9329 3521 9332
      3521 9331 3504 9332 3476 9345 3476 9372
      3470 9386 3474 9385

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 4:00 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more26 hr
Nov 27, 2:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk28 min
Nov 27, 2:37 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk38 min
Nov 27, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery45 min
Nov 27, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike, Polk17 min
Nov 27, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKYell45 min
Nov 27, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery55 min
Nov 27, 4:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPike55 min
Nov 27, 4:12 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPope63 min
Nov 27, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKYell50 min
Nov 27, 4:48 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKGarland57 min
Nov 27, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKClark, Pike46 min
Nov 27, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery24 min
Nov 27, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPerry19 min
Nov 27, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPope, Searcy, Van Buren48 min
Nov 27, 5:16 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKHot Spring29 min
Nov 27, 5:28 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKConway, Pope47 min
Nov 27, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPerry, Saline44 min
Nov 27, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery22 min
Nov 27, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Saline45 min
Nov 27, 5:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Searcy55 min
Nov 27, 5:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKClark, Pike49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.