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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 5:46 PM CDT for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2006, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Drew County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 7, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 254 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT STORM SYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. LOTS OF WARMTH/MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL/EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO POP UP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS...WITH SEVERE STORMS LIKELY. ALREADY HAVE A TORNADO WATCH IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WILL CONTINUE WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPED TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE WEST... WITH VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR AREAS WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...RUSSELLVILLE AND MURFREESBORO... WHERE BURNING NOT ADVISED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ARKANSAS...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST. STORMS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE EAST...WITH PRECIPITATION PRETTY MUCH GONE BY SATURDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...WITH COOLER/DRIER AIR AND QUIET CONDITIONS TO FINISH THE SHORT TERM. (46) && .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A RATHER LARGE RIDGE WILL COVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY AT THE START. IT WILL KEEP GULF MOISTURE SHUNTED OFF TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. WILL KEEP SMALL POPS FOR TUE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY HOURS WED AS SURFACE LOW MOVES TOO FAR TO OUR NORTH AND EAST TO BRING MUCH SENSIBLE WEATHER FOR US. COLD FRONT NEVER MAKES IT ACROSS OUR AREA...SO SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE MOISTURE. THIS PATTERN WILL TRANSLATE INTO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS FOR HIGHS AND LOWS. (32) && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LITTLE ROCK AR 54 63 40 69 / 30 10 0 0 HARRISON AR 43 58 34 68 / 30 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 51 66 40 70 / 30 0 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 53 64 41 70 / 40 10 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 45 58 33 67 / 30 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 55 64 42 71 / 50 10 0 0 SEARCY AR 51 61 38 68 / 40 10 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 48 65 39 70 / 20 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 47 63 35 69 / 20 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004-ARZ005- ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ012-ARZ013-ARZ014-ARZ015-ARZ016-ARZ021-ARZ022- ARZ023-ARZ024-ARZ025-ARZ030-ARZ031-ARZ032-ARZ033-ARZ034-ARZ037- ARZ038-ARZ039-ARZ040-ARZ041-ARZ042-ARZ043-ARZ044-ARZ045-ARZ046- ARZ047-ARZ052-ARZ053-ARZ054-ARZ055-ARZ056-ARZ057-ARZ062-ARZ063- ARZ064-ARZ065-ARZ066-ARZ067-ARZ068-ARZ069. && SHORT TERM...46 / LONG TERM...32
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 225 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-081000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 225 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A STORM SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM THE SYSTEM INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THERE WAS PLENTY OF WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AS OF 2 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING GENERALLY SOUTH OF LITTLE ROCK...WITH SEVERE WEATHER CONFINED TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. HOWEVER...STORMS WERE EXPECTED TO BUILD IN ARKANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE IN AREAS EAST OF HARDY...LITTLE ROCK AND TEXARKANA. THE RISK INCREASES TO MODERATE IN AREAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE NOTED...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. IN THE WEST...HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT. WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...THE FIRE DANGER HAS INCREASED. PEOPLE ARE URGED NOT TO BURN THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. MONITOR LATER BULLETINS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF SEVERE STORMS APPROACH. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS. && FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK 46
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:09 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
509 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL 10 E STAR CITY 33.94N 91.67W
04/07/2006 E0.75 INCH LINCOLN AR PUBLIC
0425 PM TSTM WND DMG GILLETT 34.12N 91.38W
04/07/2006 ARKANSAS AR PUBLIC
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
0448 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S LACEY 33.41N 91.85W
04/07/2006 DREW AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
58Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:23 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
523 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL HAMPTON 33.54N 92.47W
04/07/2006 E1.75 INCH CALHOUN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
58The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Van Buren | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Yell | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 12:17 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.