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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 7, 2006Bradley County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 5:31 PM CDT for Bradley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
Apr 7, 2006, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 6:03 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bradley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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
Apr 7, 5:46 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Warren, ARGOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

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
Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 883 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 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
883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLZK 072232
TORLZK
ARC011-072315-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.060407T2231Z-060407T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
531 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WARREN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WARREN AROUND 540 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 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3353 9228 3361 9229 3371 9198 3353 9198
      3352 9201 3350 9199 3345 9215 3347 9227

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KLZK 072240
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
539 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

ARC011-072315-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060407T2315Z/
BRADLEY AR-
539 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN BRADLEY
COUNTY...

AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
TORNADO NEAR FARMVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WARREN.

UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM
NEED TO FIND A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.  

&&

LAT...LON 3353 9228 3361 9229 3371 9198 3353 9198
      3352 9201 3350 9199 3345 9215 3347 9227

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KLZK 072303
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
602 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

ARC011-072312-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060407T2315Z/
BRADLEY AR-
602 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BRADLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROSE HILL IN DREW 
COUNTY. SINCE THE STORM HAS EXITED BRADLEY COUNTY....A TORNADO 
WARNING IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. 

&&

LAT...LON 3353 9228 3361 9229 3371 9198 3353 9198
      3352 9201 3350 9199 3345 9215 3347 9227

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott63 min
Apr 6, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan50 min
Apr 6, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Newton44 min
Apr 6, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBoone, Newton30 min
Apr 6, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Yell43 min
Apr 6, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion30 min
Apr 6, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Van Buren38 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Yell44 min
Apr 6, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren43 min
Apr 7, 12:17 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more7 hr
Apr 7, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln49 min
Apr 7, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas57 min
Apr 7, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew38 min
Apr 7, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha44 min
Apr 7, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita54 min
Apr 7, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley51 min
Apr 7, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDrew44 min
Apr 7, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDesha41 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.