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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Little Rock, AR

September 22, 2006Baxter County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT for Baxter County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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
Sep 22, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baxter County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 22, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 8:15 AM CDT, 11 hours 15 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, 5 hours 36 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, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 38 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, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone23 min
Sep 22, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKNewton51 min
Sep 22, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp45 min
Sep 22, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIzard, Stone35 min
Sep 22, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton64 min
Sep 22, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKSharp46 min
Sep 22, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKSearcy44 min
Sep 22, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIzard, Sharp48 min
Sep 22, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp29 min
Sep 22, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton, Izard, Sharp45 min
Sep 22, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone44 min
Sep 22, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Stone49 min
Sep 22, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBoone23 min
Sep 22, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBoone, Marion49 min
Sep 22, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKSharp38 min
Sep 22, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter41 min
Sep 22, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton30 min
Sep 22, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton45 min
Sep 22, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone44 min
Sep 22, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion43 min
Sep 22, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp38 min
Sep 22, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter54 min
Sep 23, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFulton, Sharp4 hr
Sep 23, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson39 min
Sep 23, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter38 min
Sep 23, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson31 min
Sep 23, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope67 min
Sep 23, 6:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBoone89 min
Sep 23, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton51 min
Sep 23, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott39 min
Sep 23, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Newton63 min
Sep 23, 8:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan50 min
Sep 23, 8:15 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Pope45 min
Sep 23, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope, Yell45 min
Sep 23, 8:33 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKSearcy27 min
Sep 23, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Searcy, Van Buren44 min
Sep 23, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope29 min
Sep 23, 9:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleburne, Stone, Van Buren42 min
Sep 23, 9:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKIzard2 hr
Sep 23, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope, Yell39 min
Sep 23, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery39 min
Sep 23, 10:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKMarion2 hr
Sep 23, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline45 min
Sep 23, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski46 min
Sep 23, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke28 min
Sep 23, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike30 min
Sep 23, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln45 min
Sep 23, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark46 min
Sep 23, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Ouachita49 min
Sep 23, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun30 min
Sep 23, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley21 min
Sep 23, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley30 min
Sep 23, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.