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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

September 22, 2006Izard County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 5:47 PM CDT for Izard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min. 5 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: Sep 22, 2006, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Izard County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 22, 6:02 PM CDT	HAIL 4	Brockwell, AR
Sep 22, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 4	Brockwell, AR	ALSO TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 56.
Sep 22, 6:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Horseshoe Bend, AR	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
Sep 22, 6:15 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	3 S Franklin, AR
Sep 22, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Horseshoe Bend, AR

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 9:10 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 8.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLZK 222247
TORLZK
ARC065-222330-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0039.060922T2247Z-060922T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
547 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CALICO
  ROCK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MELBOURNE...
  OXFORD...
  FRANKLIN...
  HORSESHOE BEND...

&&

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3613 9218 3611 9211 3604 9206 3599 9208
      3605 9169 3625 9170 3625 9191

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLZK 222259
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
559 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ARC065-222330-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060922T2330Z/
IZARD AR-
559 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
IZARD COUNTY...

AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAND MILL...OR 
ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELBOURNE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROCKWELL...OXFORD...LA CROSSE...LARKIN...VIOLET HILL...ZION...
WISEMAN...FRANKLIN...HORSESHOE BEND AND MYRON.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3625 9170 3625 9191 3616 9212 3604 9206
      3608 9168

$$

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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 Sep 22, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
333 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
KLZK RADAR SHOWS MAIN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTH AND
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE ALSO LOCATED
ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW CLOUDS DECREASING
IN CENTRAL SECTIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO FURTHER HEATING AND
DESTABILIZATION. WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY MAINLY
FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXTENDED THE LAKE WIND
ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT.

COLD FRONT REMAINS IN OKLAHOMA WITH A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. MODELS HAVE THE FRONT TO SLOWLY APPROACH THE AREA WITH THE
GFS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE. THIS WILL KEEP MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE
WARM SECTOR THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL TAPER RAIN CHANCES OFF
SUNDAY MORNING AND FINALLY EXIT THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH
PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
&&

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FRONT WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND INCREASED
POPS TO 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK   AR  72  83  61  78 /  70  70  70  30
HARRISON AR       67  78  52  70 /  70  70  70  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    72  83  59  78 /  70  70  70  20
PINE BLUFF AR     74  86  63  79 /  50  60  60  40
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  69  79  52  70 /  70  70  70  10
MONTICELLO AR     75  88  64  80 /  50  60  60  40
SEARCY AR         70  83  58  75 /  70  70  70  30
MOUNT IDA AR      70  82  57  77 /  70  70  70  20
RUSSELLVILLE AR   68  80  57  73 /  70  70  70  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY 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...51 / LONG TERM...58

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 8:15 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
815 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000-
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-
815 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TODAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL
LIKELY GUST ABOVE 25 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS IN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY.
UNTIL THEN...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO COULD OCCUR.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN REDEVELOPING BY MID AFTERNOON IN WESTERN
ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ALL
PARTS OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST CHANCES
OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS...
POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. IN THESE
AREAS...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
EXCEEDING 75 MPH AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY TO LINGER IN THE STATE ALL THE WAY INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.
HOWEVER...CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ON SATURDAY...SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME WILL BE FROM MIDDAY INTO THE
EVENING...BUT SOME SEVERE WEATHER COULD CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF THE STATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
BE POSSIBLE...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND AGAIN ON
SATURDAY.

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 22, 1:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
154 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0131 PM     HAIL             WITTS SPRINGS           35.80N 92.90W
09/22/2006  E0.75 INCH       SEARCY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0131 PM     HAIL             PINDALL                 36.06N 92.87W
09/22/2006  E0.75 INCH       SEARCY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, Sep 22, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
329 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             WIDEMAN                 36.19N 92.01W
09/22/2006  E0.88 INCH       IZARD              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, Sep 22, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
352 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     HAIL             3 S ASH FLAT            36.18N 91.61W
09/22/2006  E3.00 INCH       SHARP              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL AND TREES DOWN.

0335 PM     HAIL             ASH FLAT                36.23N 91.61W
09/22/2006  E3.00 INCH       SHARP              AR   AIRPLANE PILOT

            HAIL AND TREES DOWN 3 MILES SOUTH OF ASH FLAT.

&&

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Local storm report, Sep 22, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
358 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     HAIL             3 S ASH FLAT            36.18N 91.61W
09/22/2006  E3.00 INCH       SHARP              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL AND TREES DOWN.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Polk	56 min
Sep 21, 11:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike	56 min
Sep 22, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring	56 min
Sep 22, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence	52 min
Sep 22, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	53 min
Sep 22, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell	26 min
Sep 22, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Saline	37 min
Sep 22, 2:43 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more	36 hr
Sep 22, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	23 min
Sep 22, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	48 min
Sep 22, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	45 min
Sep 22, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Stone	35 min
Sep 22, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Sharp	30 min
Sep 22, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson	35 min
Sep 22, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton	50 min
Sep 22, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Searcy	39 min
Sep 22, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Searcy	38 min
Sep 22, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	34 min
Sep 22, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard	33 min
Sep 22, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Stone	26 min
Sep 22, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Fulton	51 min
Sep 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard, Sharp	60 min
Sep 22, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	48 min
Sep 22, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Newton	52 min
Sep 22, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone	34 min
Sep 22, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	39 min
Sep 22, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion, Searcy	46 min
Sep 22, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Searcy	37 min
Sep 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline	42 min
Sep 22, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	24 min
Sep 22, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter	31 min
Sep 22, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Stone	38 min
Sep 22, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion	34 min
Sep 22, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	24 min
Sep 22, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Newton	39 min
Sep 22, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Newton	30 min
Sep 22, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	29 min
Sep 22, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson	25 min
Sep 22, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Sharp	52 min
Sep 22, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Newton	28 min
Sep 22, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	50 min
Sep 22, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	55 min
Sep 22, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard	49 min
Sep 22, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton	46 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.